"Recovery and announcement in a few days" TEPCO's idea to verify the response
In a stage where TEPCO has not grasped the overall situation of the power outage in Chiba Prefecture, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has confirmed the idea that TEPCO has taken such a response, with the prospect of being able to recover quickly. Showed.
Regarding the power outage in Chiba Prefecture, TEPCO initially indicated a policy aiming for recovery until 11th of this month, but after that the actual state of serious damage became clear, and the recovery schedule was far behind the original forecast .
Regarding this, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Sugawara said at the press conference after the cabinet meeting on the 20th, “We have to verify that TEPCO has announced that it will recover within a few days while it has not been able to grasp the whole.” He stated his idea to verify why TEPCO took such a response.
On that basis, Mr. Sugawara said, “When a power outage occurs due to such a large typhoon or disaster, we will devise scientific measures such as how much time and labor will be required for restoration, such as looking closely at the whole area using a drone. In the future, I would like to instruct each electric power company to take such measures in the future. " It was.