Verification of response to large-scale power outage in Chiba begins to consider improvement measures October 3, 23:35
The first meeting of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's working group to verify the response to large-scale power outages that continued in Chiba Prefecture due to the influence of Typhoon No. 15 was held to quickly grasp the damage situation and show an accurate recovery prospect In the future, we decided to consider improvement measures.
The first meeting of the working group held by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry was attended by 10 members including experts on disaster prevention and electricity.
Among these, for large-scale power outages mainly in Chiba Prefecture, although it took time to check the damage status and handle fallen trees, the power outages were prolonged, and TEPCO was expected to recover quickly. Then, it was corrected repeatedly and explained that it caused confusion.
In the future, after verifying TEPCO's response this time, the subcommittee confirmed that it would consider ways to quickly determine the damage situation and improvement measures to show an accurate recovery prospect.
We will also consider how TEPCO, local governments, and the Self-Defense Forces should collaborate, as well as investigating the causes of power pole collapses and measures.
The committee said, “Because the damage situation cannot be grasped, it is necessary to be careful not to proceed in the direction of not giving any information”, or “Consideration of grasping the damage situation using the latest technology such as drone is also important” Opinion was given.
In the Group, indicates the direction of the discussion on the prospect of this month, we want to put together a report by the end of the year.