Posted on 11/14/2011 3:05:43 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Electricity shortages could mean chilly winter for some
November 12, 2011
People across most of the country should be preparing to bundle up.
With many nuclear power plants offline since the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, electric utilities in some regions will likely face difficulties securing enough power this winter.
Kansai Electric Power Co., which depends on nuclear power for more than 50 percent of its electricity generation, expects that its supply capacity will be 7.1 percent below peak demand in January and 9.5 percent in February.
Similarly, Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s capacity will be 3.4 percent below peak demand in January and 0.5 percent in February, according to estimates. At Kyushu Electric Power Co., the ratio will be 2.2 percent in January.
Other utilities expect their supply capacity to exceed peak demand in winter.
The government on Nov. 1 asked electricity users in the Kansai region to reduce peak consumption in winter by 10 percent or more from a year earlier and those in Kyushu to cut back by at least 5 percent.
Electricity users in other regions have been asked to save power, although no numerical targets were set.
(Excerpt) Read more at ajw.asahi.com ...
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Were the other plants damaged, too? Why are they off-line?
There are other nuclear power plants which were shut down. Some resumed operation, but people do not want to see the plants operating in their neighborhood.
No, other plants were not significantly damaged, and they are offline due to irrational fear that makes death by refinery fire or death by hydroelectric dam or death by freezing due to power outages somehow better than NO DEATH by nuclear reactor.
Does most of the heat come from electricity and not natural gas over there?
If the Japs die from the cold will AGW be blamed?
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