Okinawa Electric Power Company

The Okinawa Electric Power Company, Incorporated
Company typePublic KK (TYO: 9511)
IndustryEnergy
PredecessorRyukyu Electric Power Corporation
FoundedMay 15, 1972 (1972-05-15)
Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan
Headquarters,
Area served
Okinawa Prefecture
Revenue¥162,501 million (2010, consolidated)
¥17,397 million (2010, consolidated)
¥8,950 million (2010, consolidated)
Total assets¥365,299 million (2010, consolidated)
Total equity¥119,651 million (2010, consolidated)
Number of employees
2,495 (2010, consolidated)
Websitewww.okiden.co.jp

The Okinawa Electric Power Company, Incorporated (沖縄電力株式会社, Okinawa Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha), OEPC or Okiden (沖電) for short, is an electric utility with its exclusive operational area of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the smallest by electricity sales among Japan’s ten regional power utilities. For comparison, its electricity sales is approximately 140 of that of The Tokyo Electric Power Company. However, it is the largest by revenue among companies headquartered in Okinawa.