Engaging the power utility in carrying out the rural electrification.
It is the sixth largest by electricity sales among Japan's ten regional power utilities.
The cool weather has benefited power utilities, he said, reducing stress on their systems.
Several other local power utilities said they had not yet compiled July data.
The national power utility predicts an increase in demand of 15-20% per annum.
Second, the national power utilities of the three countries that buy the electricity in bulk regularly pay only about half their bills.
The country's 18 remaining nuclear plants are to be closed over the next two decades under an accord between power utilities and the government.
That company serves as the lone power utility on the island of Barbados.
Southern, based in Atlanta, is one of the biggest American power utilities.
Various power utilities reported outages in the state that affected about 14,000 customers.
