Japan's JERA Power

Last week I was one of several media persons who participated in the JERA Familiarization Tour in Japan. JERA is the largest power generation company in the country, producing onethird of the total electricity yearly.

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It was formed only in 2015 with the consolidation of the fuel and thermal power departments of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and Chubu Electric Power Co.

In 2024, JERA has revenues of $22.4 billion, power generation capacity of 72.7 gigawatt (GW), and presence in 15 countries, nine of which are in Asia and the Middle East. In the Philippines, they have investments in TeaM Energy's Sual coal plant via TEPCO, and in Aboitiz Power (AP) with a 27% equity share in AP.

JERA toured us through two beautiful power plants, the Hekinan Coal Thermal Plant near Nagoya (4,700 MW capacity), and the Futtso Gas Thermal Plant in Chiba, near Tokyo (5,160 MW capacity). Hekinan is Japan's largest coal plant and Futtso is Japan's largest LNG plant and the third largest in the world.