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Policy Proposals  Environment and Energy Rebuilding Japan's Electricity System Electricity Policy to Realize Society 5.0

April 16, 2019
Keidanren

Summary

Rebuilding Japan's Electricity System
—Electricity Policy to Realize Society 5.0

Outline

Defining the Issues:
The Crises Facing Japan's Electricity System

1. Overview

2. Electricity Demand

3. Generation Sector

4. Transmission and Distribution Sector

5. Finance

Conclusion

Proposal

Message from Chairman on the Occasion of Publication of This Proposal

Introduction

1. General Remarks

  1. (1) Situation surrounding the electricity system and the direction of policy
    1. Electricity systems around the world moving towards 3D
    2. Overcoming sluggish electricity investment and moving towards Society 5.0
  2. (2) Overview of electricity investment
  3. (3) Specifying the vision for the electricity system beyond 2030

2. Electricity Demand

  1. (1) Continuing efforts to improve energy intensity and expansion of the amount of economic activity
  2. (2) Paying attention to diverse demand-side needs

3. Generation Sector

  1. (1) Establishing wholesale markets
    1. Ensuring stable supply
    2. Proper transaction of value related to power generation
    3. Verifying operation of market design as a whole
  2. (2) Expanding the use of non-fossil-fuel sources
    1. Turning renewables into a major electricity source
    2. Continuing use of nuclear power
    3. Electricity and energy storage technology development and realization of a hydrogen society

4. Transmission and Distribution Sector

  1. (1) Establishing next-generation electricity networks
  2. (2) Upgrading networks with a balance between social benefit and public burden
    1. Promoting the establishment of cost-efficient next-generation networks
    2. Examining diverse electricity supply models
  3. (3) Securing next-generation investment
    1. Wheeling charge systems
    2. Allocation of the burden of wheeling charges
    3. Views on expanding uses of FIT levies, etc.

5. Finance

Conclusion

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