4th Electric Power System Reform Verification-Based System Design Working Group

Overview

Overview of the 4th Electric Power System Reform Verification-Based System Design Working Group held by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on August 8, 2025. This working group specializes in examining electric power system reform challenges and future system design. Main agenda items include next-generation power network development (Material 3, PDF 1,832KB), ensuring quantitative supply capacity for retail electricity providers and developing medium- to long-term trading markets (Material 4, PDF 1,867KB), and current situation and challenges surrounding power source investment (Material 5, PDF 689KB). Hearings were also conducted with external experts including Director Sugou of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Research Department (Material 6, PDF 687KB) and Committee Member Kawakami of Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities (Material 7, PDF 366KB). YouTube live streaming was provided to ensure transparency. The Electric Power Industry and Market Office of the Electricity and Gas Industry Department of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy serves as the secretariat. It functions as an important venue for policy consideration to examine new challenges accompanying the progress of electric power system reform and the direction of system development, aiming for energy stable supply and improved market functions.