We have decided to supply power to Tohoku Electric Power Company which
suffered severe damage from the quake in order to support balance of
demand and supply. In response to the request from Tohoku Electric Power
Company, we have been conducting power interchanges since August 4. 

We have continuously planned to supply 300MW between 6:00 am on August 8
and 10:00 pm on August 11 to Tohoku Electric Power Company. However, we
received an additional request for a power supply (nationwide power
exchange) from Tohoku Electric Power Company through the Electric Power
System Council of Japan yesterday. In response to the request, based on
the supply and demand balance in our service area, we have decided to
supply additional power, maximum 1,400 MW as nationwide power exchange,
from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm today. 

As a result, we will be supplying maximum 1.7 GW in total to Tohoku
Electric Power Company in the above period today. However, we assume we
can maintain proper reserve capacity. Therefore, there will be no problem
in supplying stable amount of electricity in our service area.

‹Reference> Today's Supply and Demand Outlook         (Unit: GW)


* Our supply capacity before power interchanges (56.0 GW) already reflects
the supply of 0.3 GW (300 MW) for Tohoku Electric Power Company from
August 8 to August 11.

‹Reference> Power interchanges (nationwide power exchanges)
Emergency power interchanges among general electricity utilities to secure
stable supply and demand nationwide as a countermeasure to the gap between
supply and demand due to faults in generators in operation and sharp
increases in demand.
For the exchange of power, Electric Power System Council of Japan ("ESCJ")
facilitates the process (the general electricity utility in need of
additional power makes a request to ESCJ. ESCJ inquires other general
utilities whether they can provide the power or not. By the offer(s) from
general utiliti(es) who can provide supply, the power exchange is decided.)