The Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO)

The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated engages in electricity, gas and heat supply, and telecommunication and gas supply in Japan. It operates through four segments: Energy Business, Power Transmission and Distribution Business, Information and Communication Business, and Life and Business Solution Business. The company generates power from thermal, hydropower, wind, biomass, and nuclear power generation plants. It is also involved in the power transmission and distribution business; the provision of information and communication services for homes and businesses under the eo Hikari brand; mobile business under the mineo business; corporate solution business; and real estate leasing, sales, and management activities; and leisure, leasing, call center management, medical and health care, and home security businesses. In addition, the company engages in the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and management of power generation, power distribution, electrical, and information communication facilities, and information and communication equipment; manufacture and sale of electrical wiring hardware, insulators, bushings, steel pipe poles, concrete poles, and other electrical distribution equipment and materials; housing equipment sales; remodeling work; and passenger/freight transportation. Further, it is involved in the survey and research on safety technology for nuclear power generation, survey/design /construction supervision related to civil engineering, etc.; acceptance/ storage/construction supervision related to civil engineering, etc.; and provision of survey, analysis, consulting, and construction services related to the environment, civil engineering, and architecture, as well as public relations and engineering services. The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated was incorporated in 1951 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.