東京電力明年有巨大赤字

Recently the NHK News reported the following:
東京電力は、福島第一原子力発電所の事故の処理費用や火力発電所の燃料がかさむことなどから、来年３月期の決算は最終的な損益が６０００億円の赤字になるという見通しを発表しました。
発表によりますと、東京電力の来年３月期は、電力不足に伴う節電の取り組みで、電力の販売量が去年よりも９％程度減ることから、売り上げ高も１％落ち込む見込みです。さらに、福島第一原発の事故の処理にかかる費用を追加で計上するほか、停止した原発の代わりとなる火力発電所の燃料費が大幅に増えることから、最終的な損益は６０００億円の赤字となる見通しです。これは原発の事故処理のための損失を計上して、過去最大の赤字となった、ことし３月期に続いて２期連続の赤字となります。また、当面の原発事故の賠償にかかる費用として東京電力は１兆円余りを計上しますが、これについては、原子力損害賠償支援機構による９０００億円の公的資金の拠出などによって全額が賄われます。これによって、東京電力は来年３月期末での債務超過は回避される見込みですが、経営は一層厳しくなる見通しです。巨額の赤字になる見通しとなったことについて、東京電力の西澤俊夫社長は記者会見で、「もし原子力損害賠償支援機構の支援がなければ、正直言って経営が厳しい状況に陥ったのは間違いない。今後、われわれとしても経営再建のために徹底的な合理化を進めなければならない」と述べました。
(試譯文)
Since there was an increase in the need for the fuel for use in the thermal power plant and in the need for the expense to process the settlement of the accident at the number one nuclear power plant of Fukushima, the Tokyo Electric Power announced that there was a prospect that the final profit and loss account ending March next year would be in red for 600 billion yen.
According to the announcement, for the period ending March next year the Tokyo Electric Power, due to the power saving measures accompanying with electric power shortage, the volume of electric power sold became about 9% less compared to that of last year, and the amount of sales was also likely to fall by 1%. Furthermore, the final profit and loss was expected to add on the expense in connection with the processing of the accident of the number one nuclear power plant of Fukushima, and also from the sharply increased fuel cost of the thermal power plant that had been put into use due to the stoppage of the nuclear power plant. It was expected that the final profit and loss figure would record a loss of 600 billion yen. The loss was the calculation due to the nuclear power plant accident processing, it became the greatest ever in red and from March this year for two consecutive terms it was at a loss. Moreover, while the Tokyo Electric Power's compensation expense was a slightly over 1 trillion yen at present regarding nuclear power plant disaster, the total amount would be paid out, because it would be provided by a donation of 900 billion yen public fund from the nuclear damage compensatory support mechanism etc. Although the Tokyo Electric Power would likely avoid liabilities exceeding assets on March 31 next year at the fiscal year closure, it was expected that the management would become more severe because of this. Regarding the expectation to go into a huge red, the Tokyo Electric Power President Toshio Nishizawa at a press conference said that "if there is no support from the nuclear damage compensatory support mechanism, honestly it is certain that the management would fall into a severe situation. From now on, we have to advance rationalization thoroughly for corporate restructuring."

The Tokyo Electric Power is paying out a huge amount of money in order to deal with the consequence of the disaster.