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At Japan Electric Power Information Center, Inc. (JEPIC), we are carrying out surveys and

researches on emerging trends among overseas electric utilities as well as on the new features of

the electric power industry systems in foreign countries based on the understanding of the business

climate surrounding Japanese electric power industry, and the issues the industry is facing.

The main topics we surveyed and researched in FY 2006 and FY 2007 and those we tackled in FY

2008 are summarized below.

FY2006

1. Trends in Electricity Deregulation

European and American electric utilities' efforts in the deregulated retail markets Ratepayer protection policies in Europe and the United States in the aftermath of

retail market deregulation

2. Electric Utilities' Management Strategies

Trends in the European energy industry where reorganization progresses

American electric utilities' M & A strategy

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3. Progress of Nuclear Energy Policy

The trends surrounding nuclear power generation in the United Kingdom and

Germany

The nuclear power situation in the Central and Eastern European countries

4. Electricity Situation in BRICs

Electric power industry reforms in Russia and China

FY2007

1. Electricity Deregulation and Institutional Reforms

An overview of the imbalance settlement systems in various countries

Interconnected transmission congestion management in Europe

Developments surrounding a reform of electricity deregulation in the United

States

2. Progress of Nuclear Energy Policy

The trends toward the construction of new nuclear power plants in Europe

3. Global Environmental Issues and the Electric Power Industry

Issues involved in the European Union Emission Trading System (EU-ETS)

Efforts toward the introduction of wind power generation facilities in Europe and

the United States

Efforts toward energy conservation and reductions of air pollutants in the

Chinese electric power sector

FY2008

1. Energy and Nuclear Power Policies

EU's energy security policy and changes in energy choice and flow under the

framework of competition encouragement policy

New developments between EU and Russia about energy transactions

2008 U.S. presidential candidates' energy and environment policies

Trends in energy-related bills being left untouched as the issues in the aftermath

of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (RPS, tax breaks for clean electricity supply, etc.) in

the United States

Specific moves toward the construction of nuclear power plants after a new

nuclear energy policy was decided (in January 2008) in the United Kingdom

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Trends in responses to the power plants whose residual power generation

capacities will be depleted soon in Germany

Various trends in the construction of new nuclear power plants in the United

States

Trends in the progress of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) in the

United States

Progress of waste disposal programs in major EU countries and the trends in

Yucca Mountain Repository project in the United States

Trends in the construction of new nuclear power plants in countries (Russia, the

Middle and East European nations, China, and India) other than Europe and the United

States

2. Electric Power Industry Reforms

New developments in assessment, response measures, institutional reforms and

others in the power markets (wholesale and retail) in the aftermath of electricity

deregulation in major EU countries

The current situation of electricity deregulation and the trend toward reregulation

in the United States

Various countries' policy responses to the unbundling of the distribution sector in

EU

The operation of congestion management and imbalance markets and the issues

in Europe and the United States

Progress in the construction of facilities and new developments in the

maintenance and operation of distribution facilities in Europe and the United States

European and American electric utilities' plan on M&A and other business

reorganization plans and specific strategies for reorganization

Trends in European and American electric utilities' CRS, IR and environmental

management strategies

3. Responses to Environmental Issues

Major countries' various efforts to cope with global warming and electric utilities'

response measures

Comparative analyses of cap-and-trade, carbon taxes, sector-approach and other

policy measures

The actual situation of CDM transactions and EU-ETS

Post-Kyoto moves in various countries

U.S. federal, states' and business enterprises' activities

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China's and India's activities to tackle environmental issues

Progress in the development and the introduction of clean coal technologies

(IGCC, CCS, etc.) in Europe and the United States

Progress in the introduction of renewable energy power sources, associated

problems and response measures in Europe and the United States

Measures (technological innovation, DSM, etc.) for the effective use of energy

and transfer of technologies to developing countries

4. BRICs, Southeast Asian Countries and Others

Trends in energy legislation formulation, energy conservation policy and

renewable energy development in China

Future prospects for electric power industry reforms and a new move toward an

energy business management organization in China

Russia's strategies for the export of energy resources to Europe, the United

States, China and Japan

Effects of Russia's move toward the reorganization of its electric power industry

on the operation of the electricity markets and electricity rate systems

New developments in India's and Southeast Asian countries' energy policies,

investment in and construction of new electric power facilities

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