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
With persistent demand from Taiwanese businesses and an anticipated wave of reshoring amid changes in the global trade and investment landscape, the Cabinet on Thursday extended the “Invest in Taiwan” initiative until 2024. The extention would provide an additional NT$430 billion (US$15.5 billion) in financing for participating firms, while holding them to standards that would advance the nation’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The initiative, which began in 2019 during US-China trade tensions, has three programs: one focuses on reshoring, another helps companies deepen their roots at home, and the third assists small and medium-sized firms in finding favorable
A majority of voters yesterday rejected a proposal to restart construction on the mothballed Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮), with 4,262,451 votes against and 3,804,755 in favor.
Initiated by nuclear power advocate Huang Shih-hsiu (黃士修), the referendum asked voters: “Do you agree that the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant should be activated for commercial operations?”
The plant was most recently mothballed in 2015 when Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) was president, one year after former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairman Lin I-hsiung (林義雄) staged a hunger strike against the plant’s construction.
The referendum has
CLEAR RESULT: An opponent of nuclear power said the plant was a symbol of the struggles of the past, while the initiator of the question suggested a new reactor on-siteBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
EDITORIAL: Stabilizing power by dispersing risk
A nationwide blackout on Thursday last week the first major power incident since a blackout on Aug. 15, 2017 sparked public dissatisfaction as people were trapped in elevators, offices went dark and factories were forced to suspend operations after a malfunction at an ultra-high-voltage substation in Kaohsiung triggered four generators at the Singda Power Plant (興達電廠) to go offline shortly before 3pm.
On that day, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) apologized to the nation for the rolling power outages that ensued, and the following day, Taiwan Power Co (Taipower), which said that human error was to blame, proposed a plan to compensate affected households and businesses.