TEPCO officially announces that it will not implement planned blackouts in principle, and supply and demand measures for the summer will also be

ByAdamAtom

In response to a part of the power supply being lost due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, "planned blackout" was implemented in various places, but the company officially announced that it will not implement planned blackouts in principle for the time being.

In addition, countermeasures for the summer where demand rises sharply are also disclosed.

Details are as below.
Regarding the principle of planned power outage and supply and demand measures for this summer

According to TEPCO's press release, supply of electricity was tight due to the Tohoku Region Pacific Offshore Earthquake caused many nuclear power plants and thermal power plants to be damaged and stopped, but the flow of energy saving As a result of extensive penetration, as the supply-demand balance has been remarkably improved, it seems that we decided to make planned blackouts "non-implementation in principle".

This is because the maximum electric power of each day is now about 20% lower than the previous year, and it is not only influenced by the stagnation of corporate activity due to the earthquake, but also that the user is saving electricity It is presumed that the effect of this is reflected.

In addition to the cooperation for energy conservation, the temperature gradually rises and the maximum electricity in April to May declines for the time being due to the increase of golden week, but it will gradually increase toward the end of May, but late May Is expected to remain relatively low at around 38 million kW.

Regarding supply capacity as well, we can secure a level of about 3,900 to 42 million kW due to restoration of future power plants, and we can expect to supply electricity with a certain margin, so we will assume that the planned blackout will not be implemented in principle I will.

By the way, as the supply and demand situation of this summer at this moment is expected to be significantly short at 46.5 million kW as the maximum electric power presumed to be 55 million kW, the "principle not to be implemented" planned blackout will be held in summer as well We are going to implement the following countermeasures aiming to continue.

· Further restoration and launch of thermal power plants including joint fire power
· Establishment of emergency installation power supply for gas turbines etc.
· Utilization of private power generation equipment
· Utilization of pumped-storage power generation etc.

In addition, it is only "to the principle not to be implemented", if the demand for electric power suddenly increases due to sudden change of weather and the like, and equipment troubles such as power plant to be restored can be considered, tight supply and demand is expected In the event that it is notified in advance, it is inevitable that planned blackouts may be carried out.