Press Release
Equipment Damage and Power Outages within TEPCO Power Grid’s Service Area as a Result of Typhoon #15【As of 2:30 PM】
Sep 9, 2019
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
The following is information on the damage caused to TEPCO Group facilities and the power outages in TEPCO Power Grid’s (hereinafter referred to as, “TEPCO PG”) service area by Typhoon #15. (As of 2:30 PM)
At current time, approximately 800,000 homes in TEPCO Power Grid’s service area have lost power as a result of the typhoon. We deeply apologize for the great inconvenience that this has caused those residents who are currently without power and society as a whole.
The TEPCO Group is making every effort to restore power as quickly as possible.
1. Power outages
・Total number of households without power: Approx. 799,200 (as of 2:30 PM, September 9)
Ibaraki Prefecture: Approx. 74,400 households
Chiba Prefecture: Approx. 612,900 households
Tokyo: Approx. 1,200 households
Kanagawa Prefecture: Approx. 81,700 households
Shizuoka Prefecture: Approx. 29,000 households
*The number of households without power in the Kisarazu area is as of 3:09am as a result of a loss of power to the TEPCO Power Grid Kisarazu branch office.
(Reference) Maximum number of households that lost power (as of 7:50 AM, September 9)
・Maximum number of households that lost power: Approx. 934,900
Tochigi Prefecture: Approx. 1,200 households
Ibaraki Prefecture: Approx. 99,200 households
Saitama Prefecture: Approx. 4,100 households
Chiba Prefecture: Approx. 637,100 households
Tokyo: Approx. 12,200 households
Kanagawa Prefecture: Approx. 141,500 households
Shizuoka Prefecture: Approx. 39,600 households
2. Repair Prediction
The power outages caused by the typhoon have been repaired in Tochigi and Saitama prefectures. And, we expect to complete repairs in Tokyo today.
We are continuing our efforts to restore power in southern Chiba Prefecture, southern Kanagawa Prefecture, along the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture and in the eastern Izu area of Shizuoka Prefecture. However, we do not believe that we will be able to restore power to all households today. Another announcement will be made as soon as we are able to make a prediction.
This area is the focus of TEPCO employee dispatches and we are receiving assistance from other electric companies as we try our best to enlarge the area within which power has been restored as much as possible before the day is out.
3. Facility Damage
Two steel towers were toppled (near Nagashi, Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture)
4. Other Information
(1) Personnel
TEPCO has 2,300 workers in the field performing inspections and making repairs. And, 500 workers from Chubu Electric, 500 workers from Tohoku Electric and 70 workers from Hokuriku Electric have joined in our efforts.
(2) Power Supply Trucks
TEPCO has already sent 169 power supply trucks into the field. And, 35 more power supply trucks have been dispatched to our service area from other electric companies.
