Hokkaido Electric Power Company

Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc.
Native name
北海道電力株式会社
Hokkaidō Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 9509
IndustryElectricity generation and transmission
FoundedMay 1, 1951 (1951-05-01)
Headquarters2, Higashi 1-chome, Odori, ,
Number of locations
  • 56 Hydroelectric
  • 12 Thermal
  • 1 Nuclear
  • 1 Geothermal
  • 1 Photovoltaic
  • 373 Substations
(FY2017)
Area served
Hokkaido
Key people
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)
¥(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

The Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. (Japanese: 北海道電力株式会社, Hokkaidō Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha), 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 and the Sapporo Securities Exchange.

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.