While the prices of natural gas and other products are soaring, "Tomorrow Denki" provided by "New Electric Power", a group company of Tokyo Electric Power Company, announced that it will stop supplying electricity at the end of June.
The service to be terminated is "Tomorrow Denki" provided by "New Electric Power", a group company of TEPCO.
The company said that the price of fuel such as natural gas and coal used for power generation remained high, and the cost of procuring electricity had risen, making it uncertain that the current level of electricity could be maintained. Is to end the supply of.
There are tens of thousands of households nationwide with this service, and the company is calling on new retailers to switch contracts to stay powered.
"New electric power", which often procures electric power from the wholesale electric power market and other power generation companies, has been withdrawn from the business due to soaring prices of natural gas, etc., and new acceptance has been suspended one after another. is.
According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, from January to April 27, last year, more than 30 "new electric power companies" withdrew from the business.
Due to the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it remains difficult for new electricity to procure electricity at a stable price, and there are concerns that the impact will continue to spread.