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A Kyoto Electricity Company Has Sent ¥56 Million From Ordinary Power Bills to Community Groups
by TERA Energy · HQ 🇯🇵 Japan
0JPYCumulative donations to community and environmental groupsas of 2026-07-31
0supportersSupporters donating through their electricity billas of 2026-07-31
0organisationsPartner organisations supportedas of 2026-10-21
TERA Energy (known as 'Otera no Denki', temple electricity) was founded in 2018 by Buddhist priests as an electricity retailer. Customers pay no extra fee, pick a supported organisation, and up to 2.5% of their monthly bill is donated to community, welfare, education and environmental groups. A 100% renewable option is available. By July 2026 the scheme had passed 56.6 million yen in cumulative donations from 1,931 supporters, spread across about 200 partner organisations.