Environmental Action Report 2002

TohokuEPCO has introduced a company-wide Environmental Management System (EMS) since April 2000, in order to contribute to both environmental protection and business profitability. Extensive environmental activities are being carried out through close collaboration with all TohokuEPCO Group companies.

In order to realize the Company's environmental policy, EMS is an essential tool in the development of a comprehensive plan of action, implementation, periodic review, and upgrading. As part of our efforts to introduce environmental management, TohokuEPCO has obtained ISO14001 certification at all of its thermal and nuclear power stations (a total of nine stations).

The audit office conducted 41 internal environmental audits in FY2001 and their remarks and suggestions were reported to executives.

TohokuEPCO is providing an environmental education program designed to enhance the degree of environmental awareness among its employees. Moreover, we encourage our employees to obtain licenses which have respect to environmental protection.

Established:
May 1,1951

Capital:
¥251,441 million
(US$1,886 million;US$1.00=¥133.25)
as of March 31,2002

Revenues:
¥1,556,844 million
(US$11,683 million;US$1.00=¥133.25)
as of March 31,2002

Chairman of the Board:
Toshiaki Yashima

President:
Keiichi Makuta

Employees:
13,065 as of March 31,2002

Directory:
(Head office)7-1,Honcho 1-chome,Aoba-ku,Sendai,Miyagi 980-8550,JAPAN
(Branch offices)Aomori,Iwate,Akita,Miyagi,Yamagata,Fukushima,Niigata,Tokyo
(Overseas office)New York
Web site:http://www.tohoku-epco.co.jp/

Number and maximum capacity of power stations
(end of FY2001)

-	Number of power plants	Max.capacity (GW)
Hydroelectric	211	2.45
Thermal (including geothermal and internal combustion)	17	11.45
Nuclear	1	2.17
Total	229	16.08

TohokuEPCO utility service areas