Japan's power utilities under pressure
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Report summary
Table of contents
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Executive summary
- Competition is hitting power utilities as their customers switch to new suppliers
- Nuclear uncertainty hasn’t been resolved – and coal is the back up plan
- Subsidised renewable developments likely to add to Japan's overcapacity
- Japan's power generators will need less LNG overall with more flexibility in supply arrangements
- There are some positives
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Competition is starting to bite in Japan's retail power market
- Over 2 million retail customers have switched away from the incumbent to a new supplier
- Power utility margins will be squeezed as customers look for the best deal
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Weak power demand and growing capacity will hit generators
- Nuclear restarts could boost profitability, but worsen Japan's overcapacity issue
- Japanese utilities are looking to coal
- Japan's power utilities will need LNG flexibility to manage increased uncertainty
- Japan power utility report card
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Japan Electricity Demand
- Japan Generation Capacity Outlook
- Japan's power utilities under pressure: Image 8
- Japan's power utilities under pressure: Image 1
- Incumbent power company zones
- Switching rates by company
- Japan's power utilities under pressure: Table 2
- Japan's Nuclear Fleet
- List of nuclear reactors that Wood Mackenzie expects to restart or begin operations
- Contracted LNG by power company
- Japan forecast gas for power generation
What's included
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