Power cuts show smart meters are necessary
By Pan Han-shen 潘翰聲
Power outages on May 13 were blamed on human error, while cuts on Monday last week were attributed to an issue with scheduled maintenance work carried out by Taiwan Power Co (Taipower).
The regional power cuts on both days affected generators C and D at the Singda Power Plant (興達電廠) in Kaohsiung’s Yongan District (永安), leading to complaints of unfairness from the public, who were unhappy that the company gave priority to uninterrupted power supply for industries.
Even though Taipower discounted electricity bills of consumers affected by the outages, many found the events unacceptable.