Kepco faces demand to exit nuclear power Energy strategy body tells Osaka to put case to investors in June

Kepco faces demand to exit nuclear power

Energy strategy body tells Osaka to put case to investors in June

By ERIC JOHNSTON

Staff writer

OSAKA — The city of Osaka should issue a demand at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s June shareholders' meeting that the utility get out of the nuclear power business and rely instead on renewable energy sources, a joint prefectural-municipal committee has recommended.

The proposal made Sunday by the joint energy strategy panel came a few days after the mayors of Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe were told by Kepco that nuclear power would remain an important energy resource. The mayors had called on the utility to provide a clear timetable for weaning itself from nuclear power.