For the first time in seven years, the Japanese government may introduce an electricity saving regime in winter. On Thursday, September 15, the agency reports Kyodo with reference to sources in government circles.
It is noted that at a meeting of the expert commission on the issue of the country’s energy supply in the winter, a decision was made to reasonably reduce electricity consumption.
According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the meeting also discussed measures to prevent the fall of the electricity reserve factor below the critical level of 3%.
It is clarified that the reduction in electricity consumption will affect only secondary goals, such as advertising signs, demonstrations of lighting fixtures and TVs in stores and shop windows, so the Japanese will be able to use air conditioners and other electrical appliances to heat rooms.
Earlier, on July 1, Kyodo reported that a three-month electricity saving period was announced in Japan. At the same time, the country’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry recommended that you continue to use air conditioners, but instead save electricity by “turning off unnecessary lights.”
Prior to this, on June 7, the country’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Koichi Hagiuda, urged the public to save electricity this summer due to a forecasted shortage of electricity next winter.
As early as April 27, The New York Times reported that a shortage of electricity could begin in Japan due to anti-Russian sanctions and problems with the supply of liquefied natural gas.
The electricity saving mode was previously introduced in the country after the accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant due to the earthquake and tsunami in 2011. It operated until 2015, after which it was gradually canceled.
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