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 300 MW 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 800 MW as nationwide power exchange, from 
8:00 am to 10:00 pm today. 

As a result, we will be supplying maximum 1.1 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.


  * Our supply capacity before power interchanges (55.80 GW) already 
    reflects the supply of 0.3 0GW (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 utility (or utilities) who can provide supply, the power exchange 
is decided.)