In order to prepare for the tight power supply and demand this summer and winter, Tokyo and TEPCO will conclude a cooperation agreement to avoid wide-area power outages, and will cooperate in power saving and energy saving information transmission. became.
This was revealed by Governor Koike of Tokyo at a press conference on the 24th.
According to this, the capital and TEPCO signed an agreement on the 24th to cooperate to avoid wide-area power outages when the power supply and demand is tight this summer or winter.
Under the agreement, the capital and TEPCO will cooperate on a daily basis to disseminate information on power saving and energy saving, and if the risk of tight power supply and demand increases, the city residents and businesses will be shown how to save power in an easy-to-understand manner. It is said that it will actively work on it.
In addition, TEPCO will endeavor to introduce a system that gives points to cooperating households in order to promote power saving when the power supply and demand is tight, and will promote the strengthening of the power transmission network that receives power interchange from other power companies. increase.
In addition, from the perspective of decarbonization, cooperation for expanding the introduction of storage functions that utilize hydrogen etc. is also included.
Governor Koike says, "We will work on the current energy crisis in collaboration with Tokyo, which is a large consumer area, and TEPCO."