Ean Mac Pherson

To view this article you need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader. If you can't read this PDF, you can view its text here. Go back to the PDF . In April 2016, the Japanese electricity market was fully opened to retail-level competition. This brought significant change to a power market — one of the largest in the world — which had previously been dominated by 10 power utilities, each of which held a regional monopoly over retail electricity sales.

To view this article you need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader. If you can't read this PDF, you can view its text here. Go back to the PDF . Major Projects: Energy, Mining & Infrastructure Tokyo Client Alert 29 August 2017 Table of Contents Can foreign companies become electricity retailers in Japan? Who are the licensing authorities and what are the key laws? What is the procedure to obtain an electricity retailer license? Are existing utilities obliged to allow new retailers to use their networks?