Private company

Hokuriku Electric Power Company

Logo: Hokuriku Denryoku, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Japanese electric utility company

The Hokuriku Electric Power Company 北陸電力 (Hokuriku Denryoku) supplies power by a regulated monopoly to Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, the northern part of Fukui Prefecture, and northwestern parts of Gifu Prefecture. It is often abbreviated 北電 (Hokuden) within its area of service, but out of that area the name can also refer to the Hokkaidō Electric Power Company so it is also shortened to 陸電 (Rikuden). Their headquarters are in Toyama, Toyama.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

May 1, 1951Founded1
  • HeadquartersToyama1
  • Founded inToyama Denki Building1
  • Websitewww.rikuden.co.jp/english
  • Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
  • LEI353800Z4ZNGBULYR8W573
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address牛島町15-1, 930-8686 富山県 富山市, Japan3
  • Registered withLegal Affairs Bureau, 2300-01-0030223

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Hokuden Building
Photo: RESPITE, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons6

The Hokuriku Electric Power Company 北陸電力 (Hokuriku Denryoku) supplies power by a regulated monopoly to Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, the northern part of Fukui Prefecture, and northwestern parts of Gifu Prefecture. It is often abbreviated 北電 (Hokuden) within its area of service, but out of that area the name can also refer to the Hokkaidō Electric Power Company so it is also shortened to 陸電 (Rikuden).2

Corporate structure

Hokuriku Electric Power Company sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

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Products and brands

  • natural gas

Listed on Wikidata.1

Rikuden generates 1,746 MW of electricity from nuclear power.

Shika Nuclear Power Plant

Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant - part-owned through Japan Atomic Power Company

Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant - also part-owned through Japan Atomic Power Company

From Wikipedia’s article on Hokuriku Electric Power Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Hokuriku Haiden1
  2. Succeeded Japan Electric Generation and Transmission Company1

Timeline

  1. May 1, 1951Founded Founded in Toyama Denki Building1

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