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February 26, 2010
Kyushu Electric Power Company Inc.
Fuel Cost Adjustment of Electricity Rates for April 2010

Kyushu Electric Power Company has determined the average fuel prices for November 2009-January 2010 and the unit prices after fuel cost adjustment applied to the electricity rates for April 2010 basing on Japanese customs statistics basis announced today.

1. Average Fuel Price
  Customs Statistics Basis Conversion Factor Average Fuel Price (D)
(A*a+B*b+C*c)
Crude Oil Price \ 43,843 / kilo liter (A) 0.0848 (a) \ 21,400 / kilo liter
LNG Price \ 45,846 / ton (B) 0.2323 (b)
Coal Price \ 8,140 / ton (C) 0.8667 (c)

2. Unit Price after Fuel Cost Adjustment
  Base Fuel Price Unit Price Unit Price after Fuel Cost Adjustment (Apr.) Change from current price (Mar.)
Low Voltage \ 26,500/kilo liter \ 0.142/kWh \ -0.72/kWh \ -0.31/kWh
High Voltage \ 0.134/kWh \ -0.68/kWh \ -0.11/kWh
Special High Voltage \ 0.131/kWh \ -0.67/kWh \ -0.10/kWh
Note1: Unit prices after Fuel Cost Adjustment include national consumption tax.
Note2: Special treatment (for low voltage customers) and provisional treatment will expire in March 2010.
The treatment prices applied to March 2010 are as below.
・For low voltage customers (100V or 200V): special treatment (\ +0.20 /kWh),provisional treatment (\ +0.16 /kWh)
・For high voltage customers (6,000V): provisional treatment (\ +0.15 /kWh)
・For special high voltage customers (over 20,000V): provisional treatment (\ +0.14 yen/kWh)

3. Monthly Effects on a Standard Household Customer (30A, 300kWh)
  April 2010 (a) March 2010 (b) Difference (a) - (b)
Electricity Rate (\) \ 6,175 \ 6,268 \ -93
Note1: Rates include national consumption tax and discount applied to account transfer payments.
Note2: Solar surcharge will start to apply from April 1st 2010.
Solar surcharge for April 2010 is 0 yen as unit price of solar surcharge for FY2010 is \ 0.00 /kWh.
Note3: Electricity rate for March 2010 includes the effect of special treatment and provisional treatment (+108 yen).


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