Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) president Wang Yao-ting (王耀庭) on Monday said he would remain in his role despite tendering his resignation at the weekend, following power supply issues on Monday last week and a string of power outages in Taoyuan during the week.
Wang told a news conference that he would stay on after Premier Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁), Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花) and Taipower’s board of directors asked him to remain in the post.
He said he made the final decision after Taipower Union president Wu Yu-pin’s (吳有彬) remarks that his departure would not stop the malicious distortion of facts around the utility and that it would create more anxiety among Taipower employees.
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Wang said he “despised that the company has been used as a tool for political feuds.”
“Some people always frame and simplify electricity issues as ‘power shortages’ or ‘poor energy policy,’” Wang told reporters.
He targeted those who insist that nuclear power would solve the nation’s energy issues, saying that more nuclear power does not guarantee that there would not be any power outages, as such incidents are mostly caused by transmission issues and distribution line damage.
Taipower reduced the number of power outages from more than 20,000 in 2012 to about 6,000 last year — a 70 percent decline, he said.
Many power outages since the massive April 3 earthquake had been caused by damage that had not been immediately detected after the temblor, which measured 7.2 on the Richter scale, he said.
Wang said he would remain until the new Cabinet takes office after the May 20 presidential inauguration and leave the decision on his future to it.
He said in his resignation letter on Saturday that he would step down to take responsibility for a string of power outages affecting several parts of Taoyuan over the past few days and a tight power supply on Monday last week due to generators tripping.
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