President Tsai Ing-wen (center) and Executive President Su Tseng-chang (2nd from right) visit the Central Epidemic Command Center on May 18; President Tsai is accompanied by Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (2nd from left) and Executive Yuan spokesman Luo Bingcheng (right) to deliver a speech after the meeting. (Central News Agency)
President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China said on May 18 that she apologized for the two power outages within a week, and that the Executive Yuan would conduct a comprehensive review of power dispatch planning to meet the new challenges.
Taiwan following the May 13 blackout, 17 evening at 8:50 p.m. Taipower again launched the whole Taiwan C, D group area power restrictions. In this regard, Taipower said, Xingda power plant No. 1 machine failure, Mailiao power plant No. 3 machine did not immediately return to the team, coupled with the increase in electricity consumption, resulting in tight power supply capacity.
Tsai Ing-wen said on Facebook on the 17th that she was very sorry for the temporary suspension of power supply in some areas that night. It’s hard for everyone to accept two power outages in a short period of time, even for her. The power supply has been restored one by one. However, no matter what the cause is, Taipower must thoroughly investigate and publish a report to explain to the nation the cause of the two incidents and the status of power dispatch.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs explained to the power outage that at noon on the 17th Kaohsiung Xingda Power Plant Unit 1 was shut down due to a failure of the boiler combustion management system module. Although the power plant troubleshoot and test was completed at 14:25, it took time for the ignition to reload and generate electricity. The afternoon was supported by hydropower generation without affecting power supply. However, in the evening, because of the reduction of hydropower support and the fact that the first machine of Xingda Power Plant was still in the process of loading, a partial suspension of power supply occurred.
Tsai Ing-wen said that during the period when Taipower’s system automatically protected the equipment, resulting in the suspension of power supply in the sub-district, the Executive Yuan also mobilized to respond. The police department of the Ministry of the Interior opened a command center to deploy additional police officers to strengthen guidance at intersections where traffic may be blocked and to guard against security emergencies, and the fire department was also on alert to respond to possible rescue needs. Thank you to the police and firefighters who worked so hard. She apologizes again!
At 10:00 a.m. on the 18th, Tsai Ing-wen and Executive President Su Tseng-chang jointly inspected the Central Epidemic Command Center. Tsai Ing-wen gave a public talk saying that today she came to understand the progress of the domestic vaccine, but before talking about the epidemic, she talked about the blackout that happened again on the night of the 17th, twice in a week this situation is not only hard for the people to accept, but also hard for her to accept, so she wants to express her apologies to everyone.
The two incidents may have been caused by human factors, but they did remind the government of the need to re-examine and think about the planning of the national power dispatch, and the extreme weather has caused great challenges to the power dispatch. She has discussed with Su Zhenchang, who has asked Vice President of the Executive Yuan Shen Rongjin, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Meihua and Taipower to conduct a comprehensive review of power scheduling to meet these new challenges.
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