Japan's electricity grid creaked under the strain of Tokyo's hottest June since records began, with the unexpected shutdown of a power plant raising fears that millions could be deprived of power.
Temperatures of nearly 40 Celsius were marked in some parts of greater Tokyo, home to 37 million people, on the sixth day of a heatwave that began after the earliest end to the capital's rainy season in decades.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBut power outages were averted, despite the loss of output from a 600-megawatt plant even as generators feeding Tokyo worked up to carry their load with only about 3% reserve capacity, the level below which blackouts can occur.
"Thanks to everybody's efforts, we were able to curb demand to a certain extent," said the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
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