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Press Release (Aug 12,2011)
Power Supply to Tohoku Electric Power Company
We have decided to supply power to Tohoku Electric Power Company that have 
sustained severe damages from the earthquake, in order to help balance the 
demand supply of the company. In response to the request from the company, 
we have been conducting power interchanges since August 4. 

We are continuously planning to supply 300MW from 6:00 hrs on August 8 to 
22:00 hrs on August 13 to Tohoku Electric Power Company. In response to 
the request for a power supply from the company yesterday, we have decided 
to extend another 200MW to Tohoku from 10:00 hrs to 12:00 hrs on August 13, 
taking into account the demand and supply balance of our service area, 

Although we are to supply 500MW in total to Tohoku Electric Power Company, 
we assume we can maintain enough reserve capacity. Hence there will be no 
difficulty in securing stable electric power supply in our service area.

<Reference> Supply and demand outlook within TEPCO's service area
<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.)
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