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Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) The Taiwan Power Company proposed a ten-year NT$188.4 billion (US$6.05 billion) project on Thursday to enhance the resilience of the national grid, after a nationwide power outage in March exposed the fragility of the "overly centralized" delivery network, officials said that day.
The failure of Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) to quickly respond to disinformation about the power outage on Thursday last week created panic among the public and exposed its lack of a well-rounded risk management system, the New Power Party (NPP) caucus told a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Within two hours of the nationwide power failure, local news media had identified three possible causes for the incident, NPP Legislator Claire Wang (王婉諭) said.
Some said that it was caused by problems at Taoyuan’s Datan Power Plant, others attributed it to errors at Pingtung County’s Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant, while still others blamed
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday offered an apology for nationwide power outages on Thursday, saying that she has instructed Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) to step up its efforts to improve the nation’s power grid and infrastructure.
Widespread power outages affected more than 5.49 million households and businesses.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs on Thursday evening said that an initial investigation by Taipower showed that human error at the Hsinta Power Plant (興達電廠) in Kaohsiung caused the blackouts.
The power outages should not have happened, Tsai said yesterday during an inspection of the Hsinta Power Plant, adding that Taipower should conduct a
By Chen Yun, Chung Li-hua and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerPresident Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） yesterday offered an apology for nationwide power outages on Thursday, saying that she has instructed Taiwan Power Co （Taipower, 台電） to step up its efforts to improve the nation’s power grid and infrastructure.