Announcements

Today, we have concluded an "Environment Protection Agreement" with Fukushima Prefecture and Hirono Town as below regarding the prevention of environmental pollution accompanying the construction of Unit 6 at Hirono Thermal Power Station which is planned to commence operation in December 2013.

1. Parties involved in the agreement
Fukushima Prefecture, Hirono Town and Tokyo Electric Power Company

2. Date of agreement conclusion
Thursday, February 28, 2013

3. Overview of Unit 6 at Hirono Thermal Power Station
- Output: 600MW
- Fuel: Coal
- Construction commencement: December 1, 2008
- Operational commencement: Planned in December 2013

4. Contents of the agreement
- Unit 6 has been added onto the existing agreement.
- The regulations of exhaust smoke concentration, etc. applied to Unit 5 (of the same specifications) will be applied to Unit 6.
- For Units 5 and 6, measures to reduce the exhaust smoke concentration such as introducing high performance fuel gas desulfurization equipment are being implemented.