Voluntary Action Plan for Coping with the Anticipated Power Shortage

We would like to express our sincere sympathy to the victims of the recent Great East Japan Earthquake.

This is to inform you that, in response to the significant power supply shortage in the Kanto and Tohoku areas that is expected to occur due to the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake, we have summarized our planned measures for saving power for the coming July-September period and submitted the plan to Nippon Keidanren. The details of the plan are as follows:

“Voluntary Action Plan for Coping with the Anticipated Power Supply Shortage” (in the service area of the Tokyo Electric Power Company)

1.Specific measures for reducing the maximum operating power

Specific measures for reducing the maximum operating power (peak power usage) (kW) (purchased electricity only) from 10:00 until 21:00 on weekdays during the July-September period by around 25% year on year (including our use of in-house power generation)

	Details
Plants	In the service area of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), we produce communication cables, power cables, and plastic products and processed copper products for the construction and electronics industries. We aim to achieve our goals for reducing power consumption by studying and carrying out the following measures: Use of in-house power generation Use of our subsidiary in the business of hydraulic power generation Use of NAS batteries Increase in number of in-house power generators Shift of production bases Production adjustment at plants in TEPCO service areas Shift of production bases to Chubu and to the west Changes to work schedules Changes to holidays Night shift and other changes to work schedules Reductions in the amount of power used for office equipment for staff Reduced use of air-conditioners and lighting
Offices	Reductions in the amount of power used for office equipment Mounting highly-efficient light reflectors to reduce the number of lighting equipment Reduced use of air-conditioners and lighting Reducing the number of elevators used Reducing the number of photocopiers used Changes in the way we work Change of standard work hours Reduction of overtime hours Promotion of Cool Biz
Branches, laboratories, etc.	In-house power generation Use of thermal storage tanks, which use night-time power, for clean rooms Installation of in-house power generators Reductions in the amount of power used for equipment Reducing the number of elevators used Reducing the number of photocopiers used Changes to work schedules Introduction of staggered working hours Changes to holidays

Maximum operating power and its reduction targets, etc.
Under the Voluntary Action Plan, (1) the maximum operating power (peak power usage) (kW) (purchased electricity only) from 10:00 until 21:00 on weekdays during the July-September period of last year, (2) the targeted reduction (%) from the said maximum operating power for the coming summer, and (3) the amount of reduction ((1) x (2)) are as follows:

1. Maximum operating power: 78,100kW (including power consumed by production facilities that began operating from last summer onward)
2. Reduction target for the coming summer: Same as the government target
3. Amount of power to reduce: Same as the government target

2.Encouragement of small consumers

With regard to the formulation and announcement of power-saving plans for small consumers affiliated with us and the encouragement and support we provide to them to carry out the plan:

We will inform our affiliates of our power-saving policy and provide them with related instructions. We will also help our affiliates formulate and carry out their power-saving plans.

3.Encouraging employees and customers, etc. to save power

With regard to our plan to roll out a national power-saving campaign by encouraging our employees, customers, and other people:

We will encourage our employees to save power by holding explanatory sessions and using internal newsletters, etc. We will also communicate with our customers intensively so that we can share measures for saving power.

4.Helping to increase the power supply from the electric company

With regard to our measure for helping to increase the power supply from the electric power company by using our in-house power generation facilities (electric power selling):

We own a subsidiary in the business of hydraulic power generation, and when there is an abundant amount of water, that affiliate can sell some of the excess power to the electric power company.

5.Other (including assistance with power conservation provided to heavy consumers)

With regard to other measures (including assistance with power conservation provided to heavy consumers):

We will cooperate with other companies in the same industrial parks in promoting area-wide actions for saving power and implement power-saving measures at our affiliates, for example.