Kazuhiro Ikebe, chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, a major electric power company, said at a press conference that some thermal power plants are still shut down after the earthquakes that observed shaking with a seismic intensity of over 6 in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. So, he said that there would be no problem with the stable supply of electricity for the time being.
In the earthquake on the 13th of this month, thermal power plants in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures were shut down one after another, causing a temporary power outage in a wide area from Kanto to Tohoku.
The power outage was resolved the next day, but six thermal power plants are still shut down.
Regarding this, Chairman Ikebe said, "The power outage was completely restored in about 10 hours, so I think we could respond with a sense of speed."
In addition, he said, "Since we can accommodate electricity from areas other than Tohoku even if a cold wave comes, we recognize that the situation where supply and demand will not be tight nationwide as in January will not occur," he said, and for the time being a stable supply of electricity. Showed that there was no problem.
On the other hand, regarding the problem that an employee entered the central control room using another person's ID card at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power Company last September, Chairman Ikebe said, "I'm sorry that it really shouldn't happen. Electric power companies I told the president of the company not to do the same thing. "