A subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Co., a subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Co., which is engaged in the retail business of electric power, had its employees illegally view information on the system related to renewable energy power generators managed by the government. A total of 4,034 cases were confirmed.

At "TEPCO Energy Partner", a subsidiary of TEPCO, which conducts an electric power retail business, some employees are transferred from employees of "TEPCO Power Grid", which conducts a power transmission and distribution business at another subsidiary, to renewable energy managed by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. It has been revealed that the account of the system related to the energy power generation company was obtained and the name and address of the company were illegally viewed.



According to the announcement, as a result of the investigation by both companies, unauthorized viewing was performed by 36 employees and contractors' employees between July 2018 and the 1st of this month, and the total number of businesses that viewed was 4034. It means that it turned out to climb to



At the press conference, Deputy General Manager Mihira Hiroaki of TEPCO Energy Partner Operations Headquarters said, "We take seriously that employee education and internal awareness were not sufficient. We will thoroughly prevent recurrence so that similar incidents do not occur." rice field.



Regarding this problem, it has become clear that employees of nine other major electric power companies have similarly illegally viewed the information of the business operators. The situation calls into question the effectiveness of power system reforms that separate the power transmission and distribution sectors.