Press Release
Fuel Cost Adjustment in the Electricity Rates for March 2023

January 27, 2023

TEPCO Energy Partner, Inc.

In response to today's publication of the fuel prices from October 2022 to December 2022 (trade statistics prices of crude oil, LNG, and coal), the fuel cost adjustment unit prices in the electricity rates for March 2023 have been fixed as follows.

*1 Kanto Area: Tochigi Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Tokyo Metropolitan Area, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture (east of Fujikawa)
*2 Rate plans before the full liberalization of the electricity market (excluding optional agreements) such as Meter-Rate Lighting, Low-Voltage Electricity, etc.
*3 Rate plans after the full liberalization of the electricity market such as Standard Plan, Premium Plan, Smart Life Plan, Power Plan, etc., and optional agreements such as Denka Jozu
*4 A consumption tax and other costs are included in the prices.
*5 Calculated based on the average fuel price of 66,300 yen/kl because the average fuel price exceeded the maximum price (66,300 yen/kl)
*6 March 2023 rates (February consumption. However, this correlates to March consumption for high-voltage supply contracts for which meters are read on the first day of each month) include unit price discounts (low-voltage supply: 7.00 yen/kWh, high-voltage supply: 3.50 yen/kWh) as a nationwide measure for mitigating sharp fluctuations in electricity rates. However, these measures do not apply to extra high-voltage supply contracts. For further details, please refer to the page on our website dedicated to this topic (in Japanese only). Please note that March 2023 rates correlate to consumption during the period from when the meter is read (or measurement date) in February 2023 to the day before the meter is read (or measurement date) in March 2023. However, for high-voltage supply contracts for which meters are read on the first day of each month, this correlates to consumption during the period from March 1, 2023 to the last day of March, 2023.

<Reference 1> The change of the electricity rates on the average model (Comparison with the electricity rate for February 2023)

*1 The rates shown in the table above are applicable to the case of 30A of meter-rate lighting B with electricity consumption of 260kWh/month. They include the renewable energy power promotion surcharge, automatic bank transfer discount, and a consumption tax and other costs.
*2 The renewable energy power promotion surcharge on the average model which is included in the electricity rates for May 2022 to April 2023 is 897 yen.
*3 The fuel cost adjustment unit price is 5.13 yen for both February and March 2023.
*4 Includes an electricity consumption discount of 260 kWh×7.00 yen/kWh as a nationwide measure for mitigating sharp fluctuations in electricity rates.
*5 The fuel cost adjustment unit price is -1.87 yen for both February and March 2023.

<Reference 2> Fuel Prices
(1) Average fuel prices (the Trade Statistics of Japan)

(2) Changes in fuel prices