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Kansai Electric will increase the tariffs for the household sector for the second time AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 18.12.2014 Kansai Electric Power Co. will be forced to increase electricity tariffs for household sector for the second time after the accident at Fukushima. The tariff increase is due to the shutdown of all nuclear units operated by the company after the events of 2011 and the need to buy fuel for thermal power plants. The company intends to submit the appropriate request to the ministry of industry on December 17, after final decision on the desired increase in tariffs. "It is a difficult decision, but we have no other choice," the company's president Makoto Yagi told journalists. Before the accident at Fukushima the Kansai Electric Power Co. was produced at nuclear power plants 45% of the total generation. In may 2013 the company was forced to raise tariffs for the household sector by 9.75% by average. The increase was calculated under the condition that four stopped reactor will be able to get back in line at the second half of the year, but it never happened. Other news: Kursk NPP generates 800 billion kilowatt-hours This amount of electricity would be enough to provide electricity to the whole of Russia for 9.5 months. Electricity generation in Pyhajoki starts in ten years time The Finnish Parliament has voted 115 to 74 in favour of Fennovoima's supplement to the Decision-in-Principle regarding the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Pyhajoki, Finland. Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization approved the EIA Report of Akkuyu NPP Akkuyu nuclear power plant in province of Mersin will be the first nuclear power plant in territory of the Republic of Turkey. |
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