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Tohoku Electric Power Company's founding date

Power plant (image)
Power plant (image)

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.on May 1, 1951 (Showa 26), in accordance with the Electric Power Industry Reorganization Order, at the same time as the nine electric power companies nationwide (Hokkaido, Tokyo, Chubu, Hokuriku, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa).

who had previously served as Director-General of the Trade Agency, was appointed as the first chairmanJiro Shirasu, who had previously served as the Tohoku Branch Manager of Nippon Electric Power Generation and Transmission Company and President of Tohoku Electric Power Distribution Company,and Yoshigoro Uchigasakiwas appointed as president.

The company's head office is located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, and supplies electricity to seven prefectures: Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Miyagi, Yamagata, Fukushima, and Niigata


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