Kansai Electric Power said on the 29th that about 4.92 million contracts were affected by the overcharging of electricity bills it disclosed this month. The overcharges were mainly for ordinary households, and the company will refund the excess "as early as possible." The same day, it submitted a report to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry containing measures to prevent recurrence. It initially said the number of overcharged contracts was up to about 7.14 million, but the investigation reduced that figure by more than 2.2 million. For most contracts the overcharge was at most 1 yen per month, totaling 14 million yen.
Kansai Electric Power Company, IncorporatedKansai Electric overcharged about 4.92 million electricity contracts and submitted a recurrence-prevention report to METI, drawing regulatory scrutiny.
