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A blackout that affected 300,000 households in Taipei and New Taipei City on Sunday morning was caused by a transformer exploding, not because of a shortage of electricity, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Tseng Wen-sheng (曾文生) said yesterday. Tseng also dismissed rumors that the power outage came after Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) lowered the voltage of the grid, leading to a transformer at a primary substation in Taipei’s Wanlong District (萬隆) becoming worn and causing secondary substations to break down. “This is a mechanical malfunction not a power supply issue,” Tseng said. “We had plenty of power. Where is the logic?” The

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