Strengthening cooperation through restoration work for large-scale blackouts Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. July 30th 16:01
Based on the lesson of a large-scale power outage caused by Typhoon No. 15 last year, Chiba Prefecture and TEPCO signed an agreement on the 30th that stipulates that the recovery work of the large-scale power outage will be carried out jointly.
Last year's Typhoon No. 15 was a typhoon's flying objects and fallen trees that damaged electric wires and power poles, causing a maximum of 930,000 households to lose power. The operation of welfare facilities and the lives of the residents were greatly affected.
Regarding the response at that time, although TEPCO workers were going to restore the power transmission equipment, the cooperation between the two parties was insufficient, such as the removal of fallen trees blocking the prefectural road could not catch up and there were cases where they could not reach the site. Has been pointed out.
In response to this, Chiba Prefecture and TEPCO have signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation by responding to power outages due to disasters, and the closing ceremony was held at the Chiba Prefectural Office on the 30th.
In the agreement, the liaisons will be dispatched to each other to share information, and if the road to the site of the power outage restoration work cannot be reached by a fallen tree, the prefecture and TEPCO will cooperate to proceed with the removal. Etc. are included.
"We would like to strengthen the relationship with Chiba Prefecture through the agreement and to restore the power outages in the event of a disaster so that the citizens of the prefecture can live a stable life," says Yasunori Fushimi, President of TEPCO Power Grid.