Shikoku Electric Power Company

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Shikoku Electric Power Company, Incorporated
Type Public TYO: 9507
Founded 1955-5-1
Headquarters 2-5, Marunouchi, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Industry Electricity, Gas
Revenue ¥526 billion yen (2007/3)
Employees 4,432 (2007/9)
Website yonden.co.jp

The Shikoku Electric Power Company (四国電力 Shikoku Denryoku?, "Yonden" for short) is the electric provider for the 4 prefectures of the Shikoku island in Japan with few exceptions. Their image character is Akari-chan (あかりちゃん?).

On April 12, 1991 the company instituted Akari-chan as their image character and at the same time introduced the romanized nickname of Yonden (yon is another reading for 4, which occurs in Shikoku).

The company is also an internet service provider, calling their service "Akari-net". Those who sign a contract with Yonden may be eligible to get free internet access. Yonden institutes automatic filtering of web content.

[edit] Generation

El. Production
Type Megawatt
Hydro 1.143
Thermal 3.696
Nuclear 2.022
Other 1

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