[에너지신문] 25 January 2016 - Japanese energy companies Chubu Electric and INPEX have entered joint business agreements with nine city gas companies in the Tokyo metropolitan area (Japan) on the supply of wholesale electricity, ahead of the liberalization of the retail electricity and gas markets.
Chubu Electric and INPEX will have access to a market of up to 300,000 households in the area; they will aim to supply electricity to 20,000 households in fiscal year 2016. These agreements are part based on a heads of agreement (HoA) between Chubu Electric and INPEX signed in July 2015 to roll out a joint plan on the supply of electricity to city gas companies that supply natural gas procured from INPEX.
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