Tepco WonÂ’t Increase Electricity 15 Per cent
The utility known as Tepco already informed creditors about the reversal of its plans, Kyodo said, citing the unidentified people. Tepco may propose a smaller price increase to cover expected higher costs, Kyodo said.
The company had planned to boost prices to help cover costs associated with reactor meltdowns at its Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, Kyodo said.
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TORONTO - When the power goes out in Fort Frances, Ont., the community may be left in the dark for hours.
The hydro system's unreliability — caused by its location on the provincial power grid — has prompted the town to seek a creative solution: its own self-contained electricity grid with its own source of power, known as a microgrid.
Located more than 340 kilometres west of Thunder Bay, Ont., on the border of Minnesota, Fort Frances gets its power from a single supply point on Ontario's grid.
"Sometimes, it's inevitable that we have to have like a six- to eight-hour power outage…
