prime minister Shinzo Abe is committed to investing 30 trillion yen ( billion) in Japan's electricity industry,
opening the way for a surge in clean en-ergy projects at the expense of traditional utilities. He has endorsed proposals to deregulate an industry that produces power mostly from fossil fuels, and to increase competition among generators and make it easier for wind and solar energy to be distributed to consumers. Coal would benefit from the policy.The plan is threat to the utilities, which were hoping the government would allow them to restart nuclear plants.