Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/27
By: Liao Yu-yang and William Yen
Taipei, Sept. 27 (CNA) Taiwan on Wednesday recorded its second-highest level of
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daily electricity consumption ever, due to record-breaking temperatures, according to the country’s main power supplier.
At 1:43 p.m., electricity consumption hit 36.419 million kilowatts, close to the highest record of 36.453 million kilowatts reached on Aug. 15, Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) said.
It said that because of the consumption spike Wednesday, the electricity reserves had dropped below 6 percent to 1.314 million kilowatts, triggering an orange warning light.
Cheng Yu-tsai (鄭有財), Taipower’s deputy superintendent for central coordination, told CNA that the surge in consumption to the second highest daily level was due to the high temperatures across most of the country. [FULL STORY]
