Hokkaido Electric Power Company
The Hokkaido Electric Power Company, or Hokuden 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, Osaka Securities Exchange, and Sapporo Securities Exchange.
According to the company profile, during fiscal 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.Facilities
- Nuclear
- *Tomari （2,070 MW）
- Coal
- *Tomato-atsuma Thermal Power Station （1,650 MW）
- *Naie （350 MW）
- *Sunagawa （250 MW）
- Geothermal energy
- *Mori （2.5 MW）
- Hydro electric – 53 dams including the following:
- *Hoheikyo, Ishikari River
- *Kamiiwamatsu, Tokachi River
- *Niikappu, Niikappu River（200 MW）
- *Nokanan, Ishikari River
- *Okuniikappu, Niikappu River
- *Shizunai, Shizunai River
- *Takami, Shizunai River（200 MW）
- *Takisato, Ishikari River
- *Tokachi, Tokachi River
- *Tomura, Tokachi River
- *Uryu, Ishikari River
- Oil
- *Date （700 MW）
- *Shiriuchi （700 MW）
- *Tomakomai （250 MW）
- Diesel
- *Onbetsu （280 MW）
Others;
- Wind farms – 3 facilities（1.58 MW）
- Solar energy – 9 facilities（146 kW）
Generating capacity by source
| Source | Megawatts | Percentage | Number of units |
| Coal | 2,250 | 30 | 3 |
| Nuclear | 2,070 | 27.5 | 3 |
| Oil | 1,650 | 22 | 3 |
| Hydro | 1,231 | 16 | 53 |
| Diesel | 280 | 4 | 1 |
| Geo-thermal | 50 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Other | 2 | - | |
| Total | 7,533 | 100 | 62? |
