Surcharge Payment Order against 中国電力株式会社

中国電力株式会社 (Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations)

Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading RepresentationsConsumer Affairs AgencyConfirmed entity match28 May 2024

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Action summary

Company: 中国電力株式会社Japanese original
Original: 中国電力株式会社
Corporate Number: 4240001006753
Entity match: Confirmed entity match95/100Machine extracted
Normalized Japanese name matched to a company profile with Corporate Number
Matched by normalized Japanese company name to an enriched company profile with a Corporate Number.
Governing law: Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations
景品表示法
Action type: Surcharge Payment Order
課徴金納付命令
Action date: 28 May 2024
Issuing authority: Consumer Affairs Agency
消費者庁

Violation

Machine-translated summary — verify against original

Based on the investigation results by the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Fair Trade Commission (Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku Regional Office, Chugoku Branch), a surcharge payment order was issued to Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. regarding the display related to retail supply of household electricity applying the 'Gutto Zutto. Plan Smart Course' and 'Gutto Zutto. Plan Simple Course' electricity rates, in accordance with Article 8, Paragraph 1 of the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations.

Show original Japanese text

供給する家庭用の電気の小売供給のうち、「ぐっとずっと。プランスマートコース」と称する電気料金を適用する電気の小売供給及び「ぐっとずっと。プランシンプルコース」と称する電気料金を適用する電気の小売供給の各役務の取引に係る表示

Compliance context

Medium-high

A formal administrative order requiring payment of a monetary surcharge.

Consumer protection and advertising law covering misleading representations and unjustifiable premiums.

Review the amount, covered conduct, recurrence history, and remediation evidence before making a risk decision.

This context is an operational aid for review workflows, not a credit opinion or legal conclusion.

Evidence pack

Original Consumer Affairs Agency announcement (Japanese)Archived source snapshot

Extracted at: 2026-04-24T23:15:51.591+00:00
Evidence checked: 2026-04-24T23:15:51.591+00:00
Archive captured: 2026-04-06T06:30:51.958+00:00

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  "record": {
    "id": "4231309c-bea7-4910-b382-1360ec673213",
    "url": "https://regbase.jp/en/enforcement/keihyoho-zhong-guo-dian-li-20240528",
    "company_name_original": "中国電力株式会社",
    "company_name_registry": "中国電力株式会社",
    "corporate_number": "4240001006753",
    "law": {
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      "en": "Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations"
    },
    "action_type": {
      "ja": "課徴金納付命令",
      "en": "Surcharge Payment Order"
    },
    "authority": {
      "ja": "消費者庁",
      "en": "Consumer Affairs Agency"
    }
  },
  "entity_match": {
    "status": "confirmed",
    "confidence": 95,
    "method": "normalized_name_with_corporate_number",
    "method_label": "Normalized Japanese name matched to a company profile with Corporate Number",
    "notes": "Matched by normalized Japanese company name to an enriched company profile with a Corporate Number."
  },
  "review": {
    "status": "unreviewed",
    "label": "Machine extracted"
  },
  "compliance_context": {
    "severity": "Medium-high",
    "actionMeaning": "A formal administrative order requiring payment of a monetary surcharge.",
    "practicalNote": "Review the amount, covered conduct, recurrence history, and remediation evidence before making a risk decision.",
    "lawContext": "Consumer protection and advertising law covering misleading representations and unjustifiable premiums."
  },
  "evidence": {
    "recordUrl": "https://regbase.jp/en/enforcement/keihyoho-zhong-guo-dian-li-20240528",
    "officialSourceUrl": "https://www.caa.go.jp/notice/entry/037971/",
    "archiveUrl": "https://kiroku.today/view/4f9628d556mtacwn",
    "archiveCapturedAt": "2026-04-06T06:30:51.958+00:00",
    "extractedAt": "2026-04-24T23:15:51.591+00:00",
    "translatedAt": "2026-05-01T06:40:46.648+00:00",
    "evidenceCheckedAt": "2026-04-24T23:15:51.591+00:00",
    "generatedAt": "2026-06-19T08:25:16.443Z"
  },
  "limitations": [
    "RegBase aggregates public Japanese government disclosures and does not provide a credit opinion.",
    "English summaries are provided for reference. The original Japanese source is authoritative.",
    "Possible or unresolved entity matches should be manually verified before use in a decision."
  ]
}

The original Japanese disclosure is the authoritative record. Use possible or unresolved matches only as leads for manual review.

Language

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Company info

English name: 中国電力株式会社 Japanese original
Japanese name: 中国電力株式会社
Corporate Number: 4240001006753
Registered address: 広島県広島市中区小町４番３３号

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About this recordAggregated and translated from public Japanese government disclosures. The English text is for reference only — authoritative content is the linked Japanese source.