Chiba power outage. Why it will last longer. 1
The power outage due to Typhoon No. 15 has spread over almost the entire area of Chiba Prefecture, and has b …
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Digital transformation of electric power companies
On November 7, 2018, TEPCO Power Grid and NTT DATA established Grid Data Bank Lab (GDBL), a limited liability …
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Tokyo Electric Power’s loan withdrawal risk
Will Energy Partner’s fiscal 2019 be deficit? It seems that serious financial issues have been raised at …
Price outlook for Base Load Market
Base load market is due to open. The opening of the baseload market is finally approaching. From July 2019, th …
What is an indirect auction
Non-fossil market, base load market, capacity market, supply and demand adjustment market, indirect power tran …
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 …