It turned out that a company in Fukuoka City, which is engaged in the electricity retail business called "New Electric Power", is preparing for bankruptcy proceedings.
The soaring energy prices have increased the cost of procuring electricity, making it difficult to continue the business.
Hope Energy, headquartered in Fukuoka City, was found to be preparing for bankruptcy proceedings and is one of the electricity retailers called "New Electricity".
We have procured electricity through the wholesale electricity market and sold electricity mainly to local governments.
However, according to the company side, profitability continued to deteriorate due to the rise in electricity procurement costs due to the severe electricity supply and demand caused by the cold in winter, and then the rise in energy prices since last fall caused further deterioration in cash flow. It means that it was done.
This made it difficult for him to continue his business, and he was preparing to file a bankruptcy proceeding with the court.
The amount of debt is about 30 billion yen.
Among "new electric power", the rise in the cost of procuring electric power puts pressure on profits, which is a problem not only in terms of management as a company but also in increasing the electricity price of consumers depending on the price plan.
According to Teikoku Databank, 14 new electric power companies have filed for bankruptcy in the last year, and the impact is spreading.