６電力、月内に値上げ申請　家庭向け料金、経産省に

　東京電力ホールディングス（ＨＤ）など電力大手６社が、検討していた家庭向け規制料金の値上げを月内に経済産業省に申請する方針を固めたことが２１日、分かった。申請から認可までは通常４カ月程度かかる。経産省が認可すれば、早ければ来年４月にも値上げが実施される見通し。
　東電ＨＤのほかに申請するのは、東北、北陸、中国、四国、沖縄の各電力。（2022/11/22-00:38）

Six major Japanese power suppliers plan to apply for government approval this month to raise their regulated electricity rates for households, sources familiar with the matter said Monday.
   If the companies win approval from the industry ministry, they are expected to raise the rates as early as April next year, the sources said.
   The six companies are Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. , Tohoku Electric Power Co. , Hokuriku Electric Power Co. , Chugoku Electric Power Co. , Shikoku Electric Power Co. and Okinawa Electric Power Co. .
   In Japan, there are two types of household electricity rates--regulated rates and discretionary rates, which power companies can revise freely.
   Power suppliers are allowed to reflect higher fuel costs in regulated electricity rates. But the rates have reached the limit as fuel costs have surged due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, prompting power companies to consider raising the rates.