OREANDA-NEWS. Fujitsu today announced that it has received an order from Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd. to develop and deploy an electricity usage rate calculation system.

This system will offer usage-rate calculation and customer management functions, which are core duties for electricity retailers. By doing so, it will provide smooth operational support for Hokkaido Gas's new business as it enters the retail electricity market in April 2016.

Fujitsu is committed to providing support for the building of electricity-rate calculation systems and other ICT systems for new entrants into Japan's retail electricity market.

Japan's retail electricity market for low-voltage customers (households and small businesses, such as convenience stores) is scheduled to be deregulated in April 2016. Hokkaido Gas is aiming to enter the retail electricity market on April 1, 2016, and in preparation, the company is working to secure power supplies and put in place the IT systems required for the operation of its electrical power business. As part of this effort, Fujitsu will be developing and deploying an electricity usage rate calculation system, which will be a core system for retail sales of electricity.

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