Shikoku Electric suffers large-scale blackout, to file report to METI

Shikoku Electric Power

10/11/2024 09:02

TOKYO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Shikoku Electric Power
suffered a large-scale blackout on Saturday night and will file
a detailed report on the cause and the measures it will take to
prevent a recurrence to Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry, the company said.
    The outage affected some 365,300 homes in the prefectures of
Kagawa, Ehime, Tokushima and Kochi from 8:22 p.m. to 9:49 p.m.
(1122 GMT to 1249 GMT), a Shikoku Electric  9507.T  spokesman
said by phone on Sunday. 
    The blackout likely arose due to a problem with a power line
connecting Shikoku with Japan's main island of Honshu, but the
cause is still under investigation, the spokesman said.
    The company will file its report to METI within 30 days of
the incident, he said. 

 (Reporting by Kevin Buckland; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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