TEPCO’s Restructuring Plan: Develop Business Partnership Plans for Fukushima N-accident Recovery |
Editorial
16:14 JST, February 4, 2026
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.’s business restructuring continues to face a challenging path. Based on its new plan, TEPCO is urged to enhance its profitability, including through partnerships with companies in other industries, and advance the recovery from the 2011 accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
TEPCO has finalized a new restructuring plan, the Comprehensive Special Business Plan. This marks the fifth plan since the Great East Japan Earthquake.
TEPCO, which was effectively nationalized after the accident, bears the responsibility of covering the costs of compensation and decommissioning.
In the latest plan, the first revision in about 4½ years, it was decided to maintain the accident response framework. Of the about ¥23 trillion in accident-related costs, TEPCO will bear........