“Sweet outlook” for early recovery from TEPCO blackouts

TEPCO power outage “sweet outlook” for early recovery Air conditioning can not be used and elderly people died at 7:26 on September 24

In Chiba Prefecture, where power outages occurred extensively due to Typhoon No. 15, several local governments in the prefecture temporarily suspended requests for dispatch of power vehicles to welfare facilities based on the initial recovery prospects initially announced by TEPCO. I understood that. In a welfare facility in Kimitsu City where the power outage persisted, tenants died on suspicion of heat stroke, and TEPCO said, “It was a fact that the prospects were uncertain and we will verify the relationship with the power outage in the future.”

TEPCO showed that it was expected to recover by 11th due to a large-scale power outage in Chiba Prefecture, which started on the 9th of this month due to the impact of Typhoon No.15. As a result.

When NHK interviewed local governments in Chiba Prefecture, it was found that several local governments had temporarily suspended TEPCO's request for dispatch of power supply vehicles to welfare facilities based on the prospect of early recovery.

Of these, Kimitsu City has announced that more than 99% of the city will be restored within 10 days, so it has given priority to securing water and food, and has refused the request for power vehicles.

However, the power outage was not resolved, and the cooler was unable to be used at the nursing home in the city. On the morning of the 11th, an 82-year-old woman was transferred to the hospital on the suspicion of heat stroke, and then died. about it.

Kimitsu City said, “I thought that electricity would be restored within 10 days, and the request for the power supply car was delayed.”

The welfare facility says, “We decided that the power supply car was not necessary, and the facility did not ask the city. We wanted TEPCO to make assumptions based on accurate data, not a bad outlook.”

TEPCO says, “It was true that the outlook was poor, and we will verify the relationship with the power outage in the future.”