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History
| History of Socio-economic Research Center |
Electric Power Utilities | |
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| Electric Technology Research Institute established | 1951 |
Nine electric power companies established |
| Economic research department added, name changed to "Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry", Organized Economic Research Division | 1952 | Electric Power Development Co.,Ltd. established Federation of Electric Power Companies established |
| Joined the International Union of Producers and Distributors of Electrical Energy (UNIPEDE) | 1961 | |
| 1966 | First Commercial nuclear power plant in Japan | |
| Economic Research Laboratory renamed Economic Research Center | 1970 | |
| The "CRIEPI Model," the first economic forecasting model is developed | 1971 | |
| First issue of "Electric Economic Research" is published | 1972 | |
| 1973 | Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of International Trade and Industry was established. Oil crisis |
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| "Study Group on Long-term Electricity Supply and
Demand Issues" is established. (operated till 1989) Created the first forecast for the economy and electricity supply and demand till 2000 |
1977 | |
| Released energy envisioned by the mid-21st century | 1978 | |
| 1979 | Three Mile Island reactor accident Oil crisis |
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| 1986 | Chernobyl reactor accident | |
| 1992 | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development | |
| Economic Research Center renamed Socio-economic Research Center (SERC) | 1993 | |
| 1995 | Great Hanshin Earthquake Liberalization of the wholesale supply of electricity |
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| 1997 | The"Kyoto Protocol" - Framework Convention on Climate Change - adopted | |
| Published the "Comprehensive Report on Medium-term Outlook for the Japanese Economy, Society and Energy" | 1998 | |
| 1999 | JCO criticality accident | |
| Published "The Long-Term Outlook for Japanese Economy, Society and Energy till 2025" | 2000 | Liberalization of electricity retailing commences |
| "Review Committee on the Deregulation of Electric Utilities" established (in operation untill 2002) | 2001 | |
| 2002 | Electricity crunch in California | |
| 2003 | Major blackout across North America The 1st Strategic Energy Plan was established. |
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| 2005 | Kyoto Protocol entry into force Opening of the Japan Electric Power Exchange |
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| 2011 | Great East Japan Earthquake / Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster | |
| Change to a General Incorporated Foundation | 2012 | |
| 2015 | Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators and The Electricity Market Surveillance Commission (now The Electricity and Gas Market Surveillance Commission) was established.
The Paris Agreement was adopted. |
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| 2016 | The Electricity System Reform Commencement of Full Liberalization of the Electricity Retail Market |
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| 2018 | The 5th Strategic Energy Plan was established. | |
| 2020 | Legal Unbundling of Transmission & Distribution Business |
