What is an indirect auction
Non-fossil market, base load market, capacity market, supply and demand adjustment market, indirect power tran …
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Grid separation and executive personnel
Director personnel of Tokyo Electric Power Holdings (HD) attracts attention from the power industry. President …
JERA Human Resource Group Manager
A tragedy occurred in late April. The following points are considered as background: From April 2019, thermal …
Abolition of general collateral A new power restructuring mechanism
Enforcement of the revised Electricity Business Law will be in its third phase in April 2020, and Grid separat …
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Depression of Capacity Market
Japan’s electric power system reforms are heading towards maximizing market mechanisms. They are trying …
FIT Solar determined to 14yen/kWh
On January 9, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry decided to set the solar purchase price for business …
JERA Overture for Reorganization
Tokyo and Chubu Electric Power will consolidate existing thermal power plants into JERA in April 2019. A therm …
The coming future of demand
Electricity demand has been sluggish or decreasing since the Lehman shock. In particular, the declining trend …
Blackout in Hokkaido(3)
On the 25th of October, Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators(OCCTO) summariz …
Blackout in Hokkaido(2)
About Blackout in Hokkaido, many experts and media refer to the cause. Unfortunately, many are not necessarily …
Blackout in Hokkaido
At 3:08 am on September 6, 2018, an earthquake with a maximum seismic intensity of 7 occurred in the Hokkaido …
New Development of Demand Response
In this summer, when the heat wave continues, electric power companies are continuously suppressing demand usi …
Real Image of Power Demand
In the Kanto-Koushin’etsu region, the rainy season has ended on June 29th and the Japanese archipelago i …
Hope & Anxiety for Power Exchage
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is developing various markets to revitalize the wholesale power ma …
To All Students aiming at Utility Power
What are the important factors when choosing a job placement? There will be various things such as future and …
Turning Point of Nuclear Regime 2
For a long time, to exploit nuclear power plants has been at the very center of Japan’s energy policy. Governm …
Solar & FIT 2
IT price for solar(10kW or above) in 2018FY is determined to be \18/kWh. That level is mostly and previously a …
Solar & FIT
The price of solar power is a big concern presently. FIT price for solar in 2018 is forecasted to be under \20 …
Turning Point of Nuclear Regime
Nuclear policy is wavering. Japan’s nuclear policy has been operated under Nuclear 3 Principles in Atomic Ener …
Distorted Cost Allocation
Hokuriku Electric Power Co published they will partly increase electricity rates on Apr1. Hokuriku, along with …