Tohoku Electric Power Company
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is electric utility
, servicing 7.6 million individual & corporate customers in 6 prefectures in Tōhoku region
plus Niigata Prefecture
. It provides electricity at 100 V, 50 Hz, though some area use 60 Hz.
Tohoku Electric Power is the fourth-largest electric utility in Japan in terms of revenue, behind TEPCO, KEPCO
and Chubu Electric Power
.
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In the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant
a fire broke out in the turbine section of the plant, and increased levels of radioactivity were measured at the plant.
In order to make up for the loss of electricity from the damaged reactor plant, Tohoku announced it would restart a mothballed natural gas power plant. The liquefied natural gas and oil-fired No. 1 unit at the Higashi Niigata plant in Niigata prefecture has a 350-megawatt capacity and could be in operation by early June 2011.
Electric utility
An electric utility is a company that engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale generally in a regulated market. The electrical utility industry is a major provider of energy in most countries. It is indispensable to factories, commercial establishments,...
, servicing 7.6 million individual & corporate customers in 6 prefectures in Tōhoku region
Tohoku region
The is a geographical area of Japan. The region occupies the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region consists of six prefectures : Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata....
plus Niigata Prefecture
Niigata Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Honshū on the coast of the Sea of Japan. The capital is the city of Niigata. The name "Niigata" literally means "new lagoon".- History :...
. It provides electricity at 100 V, 50 Hz, though some area use 60 Hz.
Tohoku Electric Power is the fourth-largest electric utility in Japan in terms of revenue, behind TEPCO, KEPCO
Kansai Electric Power Company
, also known as , is an electric utility with its operational area of Kansai region, Japan . The company is regarded as one of the leading companies in Kansai, as well as a leader of the Japanese electric power industry....
and Chubu Electric Power
Chubu Electric Power Company
, abbreviated as Chuden in Japanese, is the electric provider for the middle Chūbu region of the Honshū island of Japan. It provides electricity at 60 Hz, though an area of Nagano Prefecture uses 50 Hz. Chubu Electric Power ranks third among Japan’s largest electric utilities in terms of power...
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Shareholders
- Nippon Life Insurance CompanyNippon Life Insurance Company, also known as or is the second largest Japanese life insurance company behind Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd. The company was founded in 1889 as the Nippon Life Assurance Co., Inc. In structure it is a mutual company...
3.9% - Japan Trustee Services BankJapan Trustee Services Bank, or JTSB, is a trust bank in Japan.-History:JTSB was established on June 20, 2000 by The Daiwa Bank, Ltd., and Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. and began operations on October 23, 2000.-Shareholders:*Resona Bank, Ltd. 33.33%...
3.8% - The Master Trust Bank of JapanThe Master Trust Bank of Japanis a trust bank in Japan.-Shareholders:Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, Tokyo, 46.5%Nippon Life Insurance Co, Tokyo, 33.5%Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co, Tokyo, 10%Nochu Trust and Banking, 10%-History:...
3.6%
Accidents
On 11 March 2011 several nuclear reactors in Japan were badly damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...
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In the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant
Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant
The is a nuclear power plant located on a 1,730,000 m2 site in Onagawa in the Oshika District and Ishinomaki city, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It is managed by the Tohoku Electric Power Company...
a fire broke out in the turbine section of the plant, and increased levels of radioactivity were measured at the plant.
In order to make up for the loss of electricity from the damaged reactor plant, Tohoku announced it would restart a mothballed natural gas power plant. The liquefied natural gas and oil-fired No. 1 unit at the Higashi Niigata plant in Niigata prefecture has a 350-megawatt capacity and could be in operation by early June 2011.