By Lauly Li / Staff reporterThe national power supply indicator yesterday signaled “red” for the first time this year and will remain “red” through Friday due to hotter-than-expected weather that has prompted greater power demand, Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said. A “red” alert indicates that the electricity operating reserve has fallen below 900,000 kilowatts (kW), the state-run utility said. Taipower pays close attention to the status of all power generators nationwide to prevent any malfunction that might affect the power supply, Lin said. Rationing would be increased to 10 percent or even 15 percent if the power supply becomes even tighter, it said. If the power supply remains insufficient, rationing would be imposed on businesses that use less than 1,000kW, as well as households.

Source: Taipei Times August 07, 2017 15:56 UTC