History
- 1951May
- The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated launches its Load Dispatch Department
- 1952July
- Becomes the first power company in Japan to start 275 kV super-high voltage power transmission
- 1962February
- Introduced 220 kV interconnected power system (Himeji–Okayama) with Chugoku Electric Power
- 1963November
- Introduced 275 kV interconnected power system (Johana) with Hokuriku Electric Power
- 1968February
- Began full-fledged operation of an automatic power feeding system at the Central Load Dispatching Center
- 1973June
- Began operation of a second automatic power feeding system at the Central Load Dispatching Center
- 1976May
- Completes the 500 kV basic system, and starts operation of the 500 kV power system
- 1980February
- Introduced 500 kV interconnected power system (Seibu–Minami Kyoto) with Chubu Electric Power
- March
- Introduced 500 kV interconnected power system (Seiban–Higashi Okayama) with Chugoku Electric Power
- 1989April
- Introduced an automated system for power distribution
- 1995June
- Began operation of a high-performance system at the Central Load Dispatching Center
- 1997June
- Introduced 500 kV interconnected power system (Echizen–Reinan) with Hokuriku Electric Power
- September
- Completes a 500 kV crossed dual trunk line system
- 1999November
- Began research on smart meters
- 2000March
- Began the electric power retail consignment service
- June
- Began operation of the Kii Channel HVDC System
- 2001June
- Introduced the 500kV interconnected with Chugoku Electric Power dual trunk line system
- 2002June
- Introduces an advanced automated system for power distribution
- 2008April
- Began verification tests for smart meters
- June
- Began operation of a wide-area distribution system at the Central Load Dispatching Center and Grid Operation Center
- 2014February
- Began remote monitoring and control of the 500 kV electrical stations
- April
- Began the full-scale installation of smart meters
- 2017December
- Changed the southern area 500 kV systems into loop systems
- 2018June
- Sets up Transmission and Distribution Company (internal company)
- 2019April
- Establishes a preparatory company for the corporate splitting of the general power transmission and distribution business
- 2020April
- Start of phase 3 of the Electricity Sector Reforms (legal structural separation of power transmission and distribution business)
Split power transmission and distribution business from Kansai Electric Power Company and Continued as Kansai Transmission and Distribution
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