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By the early 1970s, the capacity of Hokkaido Electric Power Company to generate electricity for eastern Hokkaido, Japan, had been exceeded by demand and additional electricity was sourced from western Hokkaido. In this climate, the construction of a power scheme on the Tokachi River, in the Mt. Daisetsuzan National Park was considered.
The Tomura Hydroelectric Power Plant is a dam-and-conduit type facility with a headrace and a total tailrace length of 1,203m, a total branch conduit length of 5,690m and a total trunk conduit length of 8,570m. Construction of the scheme commenced in October 1975, with the 40MW power plant operational by August 1978.
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