The
rolling blackouts went on for around five hours before normal
supplies were resumed early evening, briefly affecting the
world's biggest contract chipmaker, Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co Ltd.
Taipower said engineers had been carrying out tests at a
substation as part of a future expansion project for a power
plant in the southern port city of Kaohsiung.
However, they pressed the wrong switch, causing a sudden drop in
voltage, and the problem then cascaded leading to the blackout,
it added.
Taipower will offer discounts to customers affected by the power
cut, which it said it expects will amount to some T$500 million
($17.90 million).
($1 = 27.9400 Taiwan dollars)
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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