Intended blackout from 9:20 a.m. on Tuesday 3/22
The Tokyo Electric Power Company
Inc. (TEPCO) announced on March
21, 2011, that they may start intended
blackout from 9:20 am on Monday,
March 22 targeting the areas
categorizes as Group 1, for the first
time in past four days.
According to the powerhouse company,
the black out would not be carried out
for Group 5, which was originally
planned to lose power from 6:20 am
until 10:00 am.
On Tuesday, 1.5 million kilo watt of
electricity seems to be in short, where
the total demand is estimated to be
37 million kilo watt against the total
supply of 35.5 million kilo watt. The
intended blackout will be carried out
first in the area of Group 1 and it
ends with Group 4. The company has
not decided whether or not to carry
out twice on the same day in the same
area. Residences in Group 1 may lose
power supply for at most 3 hours,
from 9:30 am until 1:00 pm.
TEPCO will open a telephone
information line exclusively for the
intended blackout at 9:00 am on
Tuesday, March 22, providing
information on the schedule 24
hours a day. For the information,
call 0120-925-433.