The electricity charges for November of the 10 major electric power companies have reached the upper limit that can be passed on to the surging fuel prices, so it is an unusual situation that they cannot raise prices even though fuel prices are rising.
On the 29th, the 10 major electric power companies announced standard electricity rates for households for November.
According to this, for households with average usage, in descending order, Chubu Electric Power costs 9,189 yen,
Tokyo
Electric Power costs 9,126 yen ,
Hokkaido Electric
Power costs 8,862 yen, Okinawa Electric Power costs 8,847 yen,
Tohoku Electric Power costs 8,565 yen, and
Chugoku Electric Power costs 8,565 yen.
8,029 yen
, Shikoku Electric Power's 7,915 yen
, Kansai Electric Power's 7,497 yen
, Kyushu Electric
Power's 7,276 yen, and Hokuriku Electric Power's 6,402 yen,
all unchanged from October.
This system, called the “regulatory rate,” sets the upper limit to which the surging fuel price of thermal power generation can be passed on.
Since all 10 companies have reached this upper limit, it is an unusual situation that they cannot raise prices even though fuel prices are rising.
Under these circumstances, Chugoku Electric Power has announced that it will consider raising prices including "regulatory charges", saying that it is "largely exceeding the limit of corporate efforts".
On the other hand, gas prices for November will increase at three of the four major companies.
Compared to October, the prices for households with average usage are in descending order:
Toho Gas increased by 321 yen to 7,914 yen ;
Saibu Gas increased by 232 yen to 7,229 yen ; and
Tokyo Gas increased by 286 yen to 6,461 yen. becomes.