JERA Co., Inc. ("JERA") is moving forward in replacing aging equipment at thermal power plants in Japan with state-of-the art, high efficiency equipment. These replacements will help JERA to achieve its goal of delivering a globally competitive supply of energy, and contributing to a low carbon society.

Today, JERA submitted the Draft Environmental Impact Statement1 for the Yokosuka Thermal Power Station New Unit 1 and 2 Construction Plan (the “Draft EIS”) to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, and the Mayor of Yokosuka City. The submission of the Draft EIS is pursuant to the Environmental Impact Assessment Law and Electricity Business Act.

In preparation for hearing opinions from the standpoint of environmental conservation on the environmental impact assessment, the Draft EIS describes the project’s content and objectives; the area where the project will be implemented and its surroundings; and the Environmental Impact Assessment’s contents and the conclusions from its survey, forecasts, evaluation, examination of the environmental conservation measures and related matters.

The Draft EIS will, beginning on 19 January, be made available for public review at the related administrative agencies listed in Attachment 2 and posted on JERA’s website. Public meetings will be held on 30 January and 4 February.

Those with opinions on the Draft EIS from the standpoint of environmental conservation may submit them via post to the address shown in Attachment 2.

JERA will move the project steadily forward under the guidance of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and other related authorities, giving due consideration to the opinions of local residents.

1 Draft Environmental Impact Statement: The third of four phases stipulated under the Environmental Impact Assessment Law.

Attachment 1: Outline of Yokosuka Thermal Power Station Replacement Plan
Attachment 2: Public Review and Public Meetings on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Yokosuka Thermal Power Station Replacement Plan