The Japan Federation of Electric Power Companies elected Kingo Hayashi, president of Chubu Electric Power, as the new chairman at the general policy committee on the 15th. He will take office on April 1. This is the first time For about 4 years, the president of Chubu Electric Power Company held the position of Chairman of the Electric Power Federation, since Satoshi Katsuno (Chairman of Chubu Electric Power Company), the predecessor of President Kazuhiro Ikebe. President Hayashi, who met with President Ikebe in Tokyo, mentioned the government's review of the basic energy plan and verification of power system reform, and emphasized: ``We will cooperate fully cooperate in discussions towards building sustainable power and energy systems.' ' As a power company, the company expressed its intention to focus on restarting the BWR (boiling water reactor) and completing the construction of the spent fuel recycling plant.

Mr. Hayashi (right) and Mr. Ikebe at the press conference (15, Otemachi, Tokyo)

