Kansai Electric Power Co. will build a coal-fired power plant at Sendai port in Miyagi Prefecture as it seeks to expand outside of its current power supply area. The Osaka-based utility will aim to strengthen sales mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Kanden Energy Solution Co. and a subsidiary of trading house Itochu Corp. will jointly build the 112,000 kilowatt power plant, planning to commence power generation in 2017.