Hokkaido Electric Power Company

The Hokkaido Electric Power Company (Japanese: 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 Dōden and HEPCO. The company is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (first section), Osaka Securities Exchange (first section), and Sapporo Securities Exchange.

Hokkaido Electric Power Company
Native name
北海道電力株式会社
Romanized name
Hokkaidō Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha
Company typePublic KK TYO: 9509
IndustryElectricity generation and transmission
FoundedMay 1, 1951 (1951-05-01) in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Headquarters2, Higashi 1-chome, Odori, Chuo-ku,
Sapporo, Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaido
,
Japan
Number of locations
  • 56 Hydroelectric
  • 12 Thermal
  • 1 Nuclear
  • 1 Geothermal
  • 1 Photovoltaic
  • 373 Substations
(FY2017)
Area served
Hokkaido
Key people
  • Yoshitaka Sato (Chairman)
  • Akihiko Mayum (President & CEO)
Production output
Generated electrical power:
  • 27,734 (GW⋅h) (2018)
  • 29,808 (GW⋅h) (2017)
  • 31,900 (GW⋅h) (2016)
Revenue
  • JPN¥733,050 million (2018)
  • ¥702,776 million (2017)
  • ¥724,111 million (2016)
  • ¥33,726 million (2018)
  • ¥27,443 million (2017)
  • ¥43,100 million (2016)
Net income
¥(64,207) million (Consolidated, loss) (FY2014)
Total assets
  • ¥1,915,908 million (2018)
  • ¥1,829,539 million (2017)
  • ¥1,826,141 million (2016)
Number of employees
  • 10,962 (FY2018)
  • 10,985 (FY2017)
  • 10,985 (FY2016)
Websitewww.hepco.co.jp/english/index.html
Footnotes / references

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.

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

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