Hokkaido Electric Power Company

Headquarters in Sapporo (note the Hokuden (ほくでん) logo in the upper right)

The Hokkaido Electric Power Company (北海道電力株式会社 Hokkaidō Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 9509), or Hokuden (ほくでん) for short, is the monopoly electric company of Hokkaidō, Japan. It is also known as Hokuden, Dōden, and HEPCO. The company is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (first section), Osaka Securities Exchange (first section), and Sapporo Securities Exchange.

According to the company profile, during fiscal 2011 (i.e. 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011), 26% of the electricity generated was from nuclear, 31% from coal, 15% from hydro, 8% from oil and 2% from 'new energy' sources.[1]

Hokkaido only has one nuclear power station, the Tomari Nuclear Power Plant.

Facilities

Others;

Generating capacity by source

Date fuel oil-powered power station
Electricity producing capacity by source[3]
Source Megawatts Percentage Number of units
Coal 2,250 30 3
Nuclear 2,070 27.5 3
Oil 1,650 22 3
Hydro 1,231 16 53
Diesel 280 4 1
Geo-thermal 50 0.5 1
Other 2 -
Total 7,533 100 62?

References

Notes
  1. Corporate profile page of Hokkaido Electric Power Company, accessed 10 September 2011
  2. Kyogoku pumped storage project is under construction and due for completion in 2015. It will provide 600 MW.
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