Okinawa Electric Power Company

The Okinawa Electric Power Company, Incorporated

Type	Public KK (TYO: 9511)
Industry	Energy
Predecessor	Ryukyu Electric Power Corporation
Founded	Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan (May 15, 1972)
Headquarters	Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan
Area served	Okinawa Prefecture
Revenue	¥162,501 million (2010, consolidated)
Operating income	¥17,397 million (2010, consolidated)
Net income	¥8,950 million (2010, consolidated)
Total assets	¥365,299 million (2010, consolidated)
Total equity	¥119,651 million (2010, consolidated)
Number of employees	2,495 (2010, consolidated)
Website	www.okiden.co.jp

The Okinawa Electric Power Company, Incorporated (沖縄電力株式会社 Okinawa Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha), OEPC or Okiden (沖電) for short, is an electric utility with its exclusive operational area of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the smallest by electricity sales among Japan’s ten regional power utilities, indeed, its electricity sales is approximately ¹⁄₄₀ of that of The Tokyo Electric Power Company,^[1] though it is the largest by revenue among companies headquarterd in Okinawa.^[2]

References

1. "Lighting & Power Demand Volume and Change by Company and Use (FY2009)" (PDF). Electricity Demand in FY2009 (Confirmed Report). Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
2. 県内企業売上高ランキング [Ranking of companies in Okinawa Prefecture by revenue]. Ryūkyū Shimpō (in Japanese). 6 August 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.