Planned blackout started in Ibaraki prefecture and part of Shizuoka prefecture

A planned blackout by Tokyo Electric Power Company began. The relevant district is the 5th group in the regional division of planned blackouts, and the detailed information on the area is "
Region and time zone list where TEPCO's scheduled blackout will be implementedPlease check from.

Details of the planned power failure implementation are as follows.

2011/03/14 21: 53 Add, scheduled for March 15 (Tue) is "Time zone and area group list when TEPCO's scheduled blackout will be implemented on March 15th"Please refer to.
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2011/03/14 17: 16
There was a report that the planned blackout began in the 5th group.

2011/03/14 17:19
Started planned blackout 5th group NHK News

Tokyo Electric Power Company stops the supply of electricity in the fifth group of municipalities subject to "planned blackout" since 5 p.m. as it became difficult to secure the necessary electric power in this Tohoku Kanto Earthquake Measures started.

2011/03/14 17: 23


Asahi.com (Asahi Shimbun): Planned blackout, partial implementation of the fifth group Impact on 330,000 households - Business · Economics

Tokyo Electric Power Company announced that scheduled blackouts will be held for the first time as TEPCO from 5 to 7 pm on the 14th in some areas of the Kanto region. Approximately 330,000 households are covered. This is due to the fact that the demand for electricity increases in accordance with the lighting time of the lighting equipment in the evening, and the supply may be insufficient.

The target is "the 5th group" announced on the 13th, and some households in the group will be out of power. This group includes Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, Arakawa Ward, Yokohama City Isogo Ward, Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, Narita City and others, but Narita Airport will be removed from blackouts. The company is calling for large-scale business operators in the target area to use the equipment when there is a private power generator.

2011/03/14 17: 28
The scope of planned blackouts is not expected to expand any further.

2011/03/14 17: 29
Asahi.com (Asahi Shimbun): TEPCO, the first planned blackout conducted in the fifth group - Business · Economics

TEPCO carried out planned power outage (roundout power failure) at 5 pm on the 14th. Because the power supply capacity declined due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, we have taken the first measures since the establishment of the company. We conducted in the fifth group.

2011/03/14 17:31
JR East is currently operating within the range of no hindrance and it is expected that there will be no further impact.


2011/03/14 17: 34
Power outage started in part of the 5th group NHK News

At TEPCO, as long as demand does not increase sharply, the range of blackouts is not expected to expand any further, on the 14th.