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Rank # of Global 500 Companies
U.S.	153
Japan	64
France	39

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U.S. Postal Service	785,929
Sinopec	634,011
Hon Hai Precision Industry	550,000

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Exxon Mobil	$40,610
Royal Dutch Shell	$31,331
General Electric	$22,208

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347. Kansai Electric Power

Rank: 347 (Previous rank: 321)
CEO: Shosuke Mori
Employees: 30,040
Address: 3-6-16 Nakanoshima
Osaka 530-8270
Country: Japan
Website: www.kepco.co.jp

	$ millions	% change from 2006
Revenues	23,548.9	6.1
Profits	746.6	-41.0
Assets	68,213.1	—
Stockholders' equity	17,690.9	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	3
Assets	1

Industry: Utilities

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	State Grid	24	132,885.1
2	�lectricit� de France	68	81,628.9
3	Enel	109	59,778.0


4	Tokyo Electric Power	146	47,980.0
5	Veolia Environnement	153	44,749.9
6	Gaz de France	193	37,541.0
7	China Southern Power Grid	226	33,861.2
8	Centrica	231	32,778.9
9	Korea Electric Power	245	31,355.2
10	Scottish & Southern Energy	253	30,618.2
11	Endesa	258	30,018.3
12	Iberdrola	339	23,909.5
13	Kansai Electric Power	347	23,548.9
14	National Grid	351	23,479.0
15	Chubu Electric Power	391	21,456.4
16	Vattenfall	396	21,253.3
17	CFE	408	20,658.3
18	Energie Baden-W�rttemberg	418	20,270.5
19	Exelon	444	18,925.0