Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)
Corporate Planning Office, Corporate Strategy Group
section chief

Smart Resilience Network
Secretariat
Deputy

Mr. HIRATA NAOTO

Joined TEPCO in 2004. After working in a construction (substation) office, he experienced planning-related work and assumed his current position in 2021. At the Ueno Branch, he was responsible for on-site response to Typhoons No. 15 and 19 in 2019, as well as for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Nearby, he worked with GGG (Singapore) on new business-related operations such as power distribution licensing in Cambodia and the development of the participatory social contribution content "PicTrée". In the Smart Resilience Network, we are promoting the spread and utilization of DER.

The Smart Resilience Network is an organization that aims to improve resilience and realize a decarbonized society by linking various decentralized resources (DERs) in society.
We will introduce the social issues related to DER, the background of the establishment of our organization, the current status of our efforts, and our future goals.

Kansai Transmission and Distribution, Inc.(KEPCO)
Frontier Labs
Manager

Smart Resilience Network
Secretariat

Mr. MINAMI MASAHIRO

Joined Kansai Electric Power Co., Ltd. in 2003. After gaining experience in power distribution, he gained experience in wide-area organizations and planning work, and has been engaged in his current position at Frontier Lab since 2023. He is responsible for the management office of the Smart Resilience Network.

In recent years, the increase in supply and demand fluctuations due to the spread and expansion of renewable energy has become an issue, and the use of distributed energy resources (DERs) is expected to be one of the solutions.
In order to expand the spread and utilization of DER, the Smart Resilience Network is engaged in thematic discussions, verifications, and regional demonstrations from the two perspectives of "increasing" and "using" DER.
In this theme, in order to establish a market for relieving congestion in the power system, we will investigate precedents overseas and introduce the study of congestion forecasting in Japan.

JWAT WAVE Corporation
President

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.
Policy Research & Consuluting Division
Visiting Researcher

Mr. ODA HIROTSUGU

Joined Sanwa Research Institute (now Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting) in 1990. From 2023, he will become the current JWAT WAVE / President / and Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting / Visiting Researcher. He is engaged in a variety of activities related to distributed community energy.

NTT DATA Japan Corporation
Business Produce Division, Offering Business Group
Data Economy Evangelist

Mr. NAGAYAMA MAKOTO

Joined NTT DATA in 2007. After developing web-based systems and software development automation technology, he was engaged in providing solutions for the utility industry. Since 2021, he has been engaged in new business studies and is working to spread distributed regional energy using data.

We will introduce activities aimed at enhancing the collaboration between local communities and businesses, as well as facilitating local business participation, by collecting and analyzing case studies of the introduction and utilization of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) in the region for their expansion and efficient use.