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Power Supply

Power Supply

Japan’s electricity wholesale supply system was established in 1995. This allowed independent power producers (IPPs) to participate in power supply, which until then had been the exclusive domain of electricity utility companies. Under the new system, Nippon Steel has entered the electricity wholesale supply business.
Following the revision of the Electricity Utilities Industry Law in March 2000, retail supply of electricity to major users was deregulated. In this regard, Nippon Steel notified the government agency concerned in January 2001 that it had become a "Power Producer and Supplier (PPS)" and started operations in the electricity retail supply business.

Business Development in the Wholesale Supply

  • Utilization of power-generation technologies fostered in steelworks in-plant power generation
    • Nearly 87% of total electricity consumption by in-plant power generation equipment
      (refer to page for the power supply)
  • Utilization of steelworks infrastructure such as land, ports/harbors and raw materials yards
  • Low-cost, stable supply of electricity

IPP*1 Power Supply Contracts

  • Successful bidding for four supply projects (about 500,000 kW in total) in fiscal 1996, the first year of the electricity business, and three projects (300,000 kW and 475,000 kW, 300,000kW) in fiscal 1997 and fiscal 1999, fiscal 2020.
Works Customer Amount
(kW)
Fuel Start of supply
FY1996



Yawata Kyushu Electric Power 137,000 Coal Apr. 1999*2
Kamaishi Tohoku Electric Power 136,000 Coal and bio-mass Jul. 2000*3
Hirohata Kansai Electric Power 133,000 Coal Apr. 1999*4
Muroran Hokkaido Electric Power 100,000 By-product gas and coal Oct. 2001*5
FY1997



Oita Tokyo Electric Power 300,000 By-product gas, coal and bio-mass Apr. 2002*6
FY1999



Kashima Tokyo Electric Power 475,000 Coal and bio-mass Jun. 2007
FY2020



Kashima*7 Tokyo Electric Power 300,000 Coal Jul. 2020
    *1 Independent Power Producer
    *2 In Apr. 2014, consumed within the works and other
    *3 In Jul. 2015, wholesaled or consumed within the works
    *4 In Apr. 2014, renewed contract
    *5 In Oct. 2016, wholesaled or consumed within the works
    *6 In Apr. 2017, wholesaled
    *7 Owned by Kashima Power Co., Ltd., a joint venture with J-POWER

Retail Supply Business (NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.)

  • Retail supply of electricity, mainly to office buildings in the Tokyo metropolitan, Kansai and Kyushu areas
  • Sources of electricity from affiliated and non-affiliated companies.
Electric power plant (Affiliated company) Approximate capacity Start of operation
Asahi Kasei NS Energy Co.,Ltd. (Miyazaki) 46,000 kW Jul. 2006

Wind Power Generation (NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.)

  • Start of wind power generation in Hibikinada, Kitakyushu in March 2003
Operating company Customer Capacity Supply term
NS Wind Power Hibiki Co., Ltd. Kyushu Electric Power 1,500 kW × 10 units
(15,000 kW)
Mar. 2003 -
Jun. 2023
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