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Mon, 03/21/2011 - 17:47
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TEPCO to resume rolling blackouts except in early morning
TOKYO, March 21 Kyodo - Rolling blackouts will be resumed across the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo on Tuesday, except in areas originally set for power outages for nearly four hours from 6:20 a.m., Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday.
The first rotating blackouts in four days will be implemented because power demand is expected to exceed supply capacity by roughly 1.50 million kilowatts between 6 and 7 p.m., according to the regional power supplier.
The early morning outage will be avoided because it is expected to take factories some time to fire up after a national holiday, it said, adding that other areas will be subject to rolling blackouts for several hours sometime between 9:20 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Some areas may be subject to power outages twice on Tuesday, but the decision to go ahead will be made two hours before the scheduled start or sooner after monitoring power supply.
Tokyo Electric, known also as TEPCO, did not impose any blackouts on Monday, a national holiday, because it was able to secure power from other suppliers.
TEPCO has been forced to impose rotating blackouts to conserve energy since its two nuclear power plants in Fukushima Prefecture were crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, including the stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
The intermittent blackouts have forced businesses to close early, factories to suspend operations, and public transportation to cut back on services, causing extensive disruption to economic and social activities in the capital and its surrounding region.
The first rotating blackouts in four days will be implemented because power demand is expected to exceed supply capacity by roughly 1.50 million kilowatts between 6 and 7 p.m., according to the regional power supplier.
The early morning outage will be avoided because it is expected to take factories some time to fire up after a national holiday, it said, adding that other areas will be subject to rolling blackouts for several hours sometime between 9:20 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Some areas may be subject to power outages twice on Tuesday, but the decision to go ahead will be made two hours before the scheduled start or sooner after monitoring power supply.
Tokyo Electric, known also as TEPCO, did not impose any blackouts on Monday, a national holiday, because it was able to secure power from other suppliers.
TEPCO has been forced to impose rotating blackouts to conserve energy since its two nuclear power plants in Fukushima Prefecture were crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, including the stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
The intermittent blackouts have forced businesses to close early, factories to suspend operations, and public transportation to cut back on services, causing extensive disruption to economic and social activities in the capital and its surrounding region.
