(Bloomberg) — Japan’s trade ministry will start reviewing
generation costs from various power sources in January, the
Mainichi newspaper reported today, without saying where it got
the information.
The ministry will set up a task-force to put together cost
estimates by the end of March, the paper said. The move follows
similar estimates three years ago.
Estimated costs will be used to decide how much electricity
should come from which sources by 2030, according to the
Mainichi.
Ministry officials weren’t immediately available to
comment.
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