Ministry punishes execs at Taipower over outagesStaff writer, with CNAThe Ministry of Economic Affairs punished 25 executives at state-run utility Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) over power outages and emergency shutdowns earlier this year, it said on Friday. The executives, including Taipower chairman Yang Wei-fu (楊偉甫) and president Chung Bin-li (鍾炳利), were given punishments ranging from warnings to major demerits for the outages on May 13, May 17 and July 27, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花) said. From left, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Tseng Wen-sheng, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua and State-Owned Enterprise Commission chief executive Liu Ming-chung attend a news conference in Taipei on Friday last week. On May 17, Taipower implemented another nationwide rolling blackout to deal with a sudden surge in demand for electricity exceeded supply, resulting in “execution” problems, Wang said. The string of incidents, especially the back-to-back outages in May, triggered widespread concern, exacerbated by top government officials’ pledges prior to the mishaps that Taiwan had sufficient power.

Source: Taipei Times August 29, 2021 15:56 UTC