Hokkaido Electric Power Co. on Thursday became the first utility to seek its second rate hike since March 2011, applying for permission to charge households around 17 percent more starting this fall.
In its application to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the utility cited the cost of buying fossil fuels to offset the loss of atomic power caused by the Fukushima disaster as the reason for the rate hike.
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