Taiwan-wide power outages are reported frequently and Taipower is busy!The situation in the north, central and south arouses widespread public dissatisfaction

[周刊王CTWANT] Power outages occur frequently across Taiwan. In the early morning of the 24th, white smoke came out of a manhole cover in Xinxing District, Gao City, and there was a shocking sound of explosion. It was found that there was an underground cable failure, causing a power outage to 420 households. At about 8 a.m., 10,000 people were killed on Dalin Road, Zhudong Town, Hsinchu County. A 1,000-volt UHV power line was accidentally touched by a bird, causing the wire to break and catch fire, affecting a total of 307 households in the nearby area. At the same time, a lightning strike in Beitun District, Taichung City caused a distribution line failure, affecting the power supply of 1,149 households. People complain that there are too many unstable electricity conditions in the country.

An underground cable failure occurred in Xinxing District, Gao City early yesterday morning, causing a power outage in Bohai Street, Kaifeng Road, Zhongzheng 3rd Road, Minzu 2nd Road and other areas. Some people were woken up by the heat in the middle of the night due to a power outage due to air-conditioning and power outage, and they called “the heat is overwhelming.” Taipower immediately dispatched personnel to repair the problem and restored normal power supply within an hour.

As for the Gushan 3rd Road area, there have been a total of 24 power outages in the past three years, and there has been deep public dissatisfaction. Gao City Councilor Jian Huanzong pointed out that the main reason is that the cables have not been installed underground, causing squirrels, macaques, etc. to accidentally touch them, or equipment abnormalities. , the surrounding residents called it “Dong Weitiao”, and he asked the city government to review the speed of undergrounding cables. Yang Qinfu, Director of Public Works of the Gao City Government, promised to discuss the matter with Taipower.

At about 8 o’clock yesterday morning, a high-voltage power line broke and caught fire on Dalin Road, Zhudong Town, Hsinchu County. The high temperature burned a large hole in the asphalt road, and there were charred bird carcasses on the ground. A total of 307 households in Dalin Road and Zhongzheng South Road were affected by the power outage. Taipower made emergency repairs and restored power within 3 hours.

The local resident, Chang Kong Weixin, quoted eyewitness accounts and pointed out that the cause of the incident was a turtle dove pecking at the wires. It is estimated that moisture in the rain caused the ultra-high voltage 11,000 volt high-voltage wires to burst, causing the wires to fall to the ground and catch fire.

Coincidentally, there was a sudden power outage on Songyi Street, Beitun District, Taichung City yesterday morning at 8 o’clock. Since it was during working hours, some residents were trapped at home and unable to go out due to the power outage and the iron roller doors could not be opened; Taipower Central District Business After receiving the report, the department immediately inspected and repaired the incident. It was found that a distribution box was struck by lightning, causing the electrical equipment to trip. Crews were dispatched to repair the incident and power was restored after about an hour. About 1,149 households were affected.

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