Electricity / Gas

Reforms to electricity and gas infrastructure in Japan have prompted significant change to the business environment. In the electricity sector, capacity markets, supply-and-demand adjustment markets and other markets have been established. Recently, discussions have focused on the potential for a simultaneous market to optimize wholesale electricity trading and supply-and-demand adjustments. Understanding these increasingly specialized and complex markets and systems is essential for proper business operations.

A key strength of our firm is that many of our lawyers have experience working at relevant institutions in Japan, such as the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (in the Electricity and Gas Department and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Department), the Electricity and Gas Market Surveillance Commission, and the Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators, as well as at power companies. Based on this specialized and practical expertise, combined with our knowledge of the latest trends, we provide advice on a wide range of matters. This includes addressing institutional and policy issues and formulating pioneering business schemes, from upstream to downstream sectors (such as power generation, wholesale trading, transmission and distribution, and retail).

Mori Hamada continues to offer practical and constructive solutions based on our accumulated expertise and perceptive understanding of the latest trends.