Abstract
In Tsuru City in Yamanashi Prefecture, the city government, citizens and academic collaboration established three small hydro electric power plants in the city. These three small hydro electric power plants put an emphasis on education of local people rather than making money from selling energy.
Electric power generated by these three small hydro electric power plants is sent to the municipal government building, Eco-House and Plant Factory. However, during low consuming time such as weekends and night time, electricity produced by these small hydro power plants is selling to Tokyo Electric Power Corp. (TEPCO) due to Feed in Tariff system. This article analyzed local community revitalization program in Tsuru City using P2M methods including Logic Model, Cross SWOT and Balanced Score Card. These analyses showed that the Tsuru program utilizing small hydro plants successfully contributed for creating new values in the area.
