Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-05-31

The energy saving policy in discussion will not affect the normal operations of factories

Economics Minister Shen Jong-chin says the energy saving policy in discussion will not affect the normal operations of factories across Taiwan. (CNA photo)

across Taiwan. That was the word from Economics Minister Shen Jong-chin on Thursday.

Shen was answering lawmakers’ questions at the Legislature on the dealing with a potential power shortage. The operating reserve of Taiwan’s power grid has fallen to below 3% due to heavy electricity usage amid hot temperatures. On Wednesday afternoon, over 70,000 households in northern Miaoli County experienced a power shortage. Shen said that he has already demanded state-owned Taiwan Power Company to find out if the outage was caused by operational mistakes.

Asked about the proposed policy that aims to limit the electricity usage among Taiwan’s industries to save power, Shen said that the ministry had yet to finalize the details in the policy and is gathering input from industry experts. He said that the ministry will make sure the policy only limits the power usage when the reserve is critically low in order to limit its effect on their operations.    [SOURCE]