ANRE, an entity under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), established the working group to accelerate efforts to reform Japan's electricity system by 2020.
In May, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed plans to liberalise electricity sales and split generation and transmission, which are now both controlled by utilities. However, a reform bill was dropped last week due to political squabbling ahead of this month’s election.
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