Reference 2

1. Date:

from 18 June to 21 June 2000

2. Place:

Plais des Congres in Montreal, Canada

3. Host:

Federation of Electric Power Companies
Edison Electric Institute
Canadian Electricity Association
Union of Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC)
International Energy Agency
Hydro-Quebec

4. Participants:

About 1,500 people from 64 countries, including electricity chief executives from Japan, the U.S.A., Canada, and Europe (See Attachment for a list of key participants).

5. Conference Outline:

The "Electricity: The New Millennium" Conference was jointly sponsored by the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC) and others as an international congress to celebrate the year 2000 and the new millennium. It was held in place of the EEI-FEPC-UNIPEDE International Electricity Chief Executives Summit as the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the Canadian Electricity Association (CEA), and the Union of Electricity Industry - EURELECTRIC decided to hold their annual congresses jointly.

The conference was composed of three General Sessions held on the following themes: "The New Electric Century: What May It Hold?", "A Customer-Driven World: Shaping the New Global Electricity Industry", and "Creating New Paradigms: Competing Forces Converge". There were also forums on critical issues in the electricity industry. Each General Session and Critical Issue Forum featured speeches by electricity chief executives on such topics as liberalization, environmental protection, and technological innovation followed by discussion with participants.

Mr. Hiroji Ota, chairman of the FEPC, and Motohide Sato, president of the Central Research Institute for Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), spoke at Critical Issue Forums on "Mastering Cultural Change" and "The New Electric Century: Technology Based Opportunity", respectively.

At the summit meeting of the FEPC, the EEI, and the Union of Electricity Industry - EURELECTRIC held during the conference, the three organizations released a joint statement recognizing the importance of achieving a reliable, affordable, and environmentally responsible supply of electricity; the need for long-term investment; and the necessity of technological development (See Attachment 2).

Attachment 1

1. Japan (The Federation of Electric Power Companies)

Chairman	Hiroji Ohta	President, Chubu Electric Power Company
Vice Chairman	Shitomi Takasu	Vice President, Chugoku Electric Power Company
	Yoshio Kajiyama	Vice President, Hokkaido Electric Power Company
	Yuzuru Aoki	Vice President, Tohoku Electric Power Company
	Tsunehisa Katsumata	Vice President, Tokyo Electric Power Company
	Minoru Ishihara	Vice President, Hokuriku Electric Power Company
	Yasuo Hashimoto	Vice President, Kansai Electric Power Company
	Akira Nada	Vice President, Shikoku Electric Power Company
	Noritaka Toyoshima	Vice President, Kyushu Electric Power Company
	Tsutomu Yonamine	Vice President, Okinawa Electric Power Company
Vice Chairman	Kazunao Tomon	Vice Chairman, Federation of Electric Power Companies

2. United State, Canada and Europe

1) Edison Electric Institute(EEI)

Chairman	John Rowe (Chairman, Unicom Corporation)
Vice Chairman	Erle Nye (Chairman, TXU Corp.)
Chairman of the board of directors	Erroll Davis (Chairman, Alliant Energy)
Executive Director	Thomas Chewning

2) Canada Electricity Association (CEA)

Chair	Marie-Jose Nadeau (Vice President, Hydro-Quebec)
Vice Chairman	J.R.Burpee (Vide President, Ontario Power Generation)
President & CEO	Hans Konow

3) Union of Electricity Industry (EURELECTRIC)

Chairman	Rolf Bierhoff (Director of energy, RWE of Germany)
General manager	Paul Bulteel

4) International Energy Agency (IEA)

Executive Director

Robert Priddle