{
  "id": 6557971,
  "title": "Chubu Electric Overcharges 5 M. Customers for Over 2 Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/chubu-electric-overcharges-5-m-customers-for-over-2-years",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T07:01:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026091000574/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nagoya, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Chubu Electric Power Co. said Thursday that its retail unit had overcharged more than five million customers for over two years due to cost calculation errors. The overcharges, found at Chubu Electric Power Miraiz Co., affected at least 5,009,000 customers, or about 57 pct of its total customer base. About half of the affected customers are households. Cust...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}