Kyushu Electric Power

{{Short description|Japanese electric utility company}}

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{{Expand Japanese|九州電力|date=January 2025}}

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| image_caption = Headquarters in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka

| trade_name = Kyushu Electric Power

| native_name = 九州電力株式会社

| native_name_lang = ja

| romanized_name = Kyūshū Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha

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| type = Public

| traded_as = {{tyo|9508}}
{{Fukuoka Stock Exchange|9508}}

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| industry = Electric power

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| founded = {{Start date and age|1951|05|01}}

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| hq_location = Watanabedori

| hq_location_city = Chūō-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

| hq_location_country = Japan

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| key_people = Michiaki Uryu (chairman)
Kazuhiro Ikebe (president)

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| website = {{URL|https://www.kyuden.co.jp/en_index.html|www.kyuden.co.jp}}

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{{nihongo|Kyūshū Electric Power Co., Inc.|九州電力株式会社|Kyūshū Denryoku Kabushiki Gaisha}} is a Japanese energy company that provides power to 7 prefectures (Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Ōita, Saga, Miyazaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima), and recently, to some parts of Hiroshima Prefecture. Its shortened name of {{nihongo|九電|Kyuu den}} is sometimes used. In 2011 the company was criticised for attempting to manipulate public opinion in favor of reactivating two reactors at the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant.{{cite web|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20110708p2a00m0na001000c.html |title=Kyushu Electric bid to manipulate public opinion on reactor restart a colossal mistake |website=The Mainichi Daily News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708223518/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20110708p2a00m0na001000c.html |archive-date=2011-07-08 |access-date=October 24, 2016}}

History

Kyushu Electric Power was founded on 1 May 1951. The company began supplying electricity to Hiroshima in November 2005 - the first provider in Japan to supply energy outside its area.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}

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