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Is Guangdong power outage a 'grid failure'?

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) state-run enterprise Guangdong Power Supply Bureau claimed power was restored after only an hour, blaming the outage on an equipment failure. But according to Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, a typically anti-CCP publication, the Party-owned company China Southern Power Grid described the incident as a “grid failure.”

Is China Southern Power Grid a 'grid failure'?

But according to Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, a typically anti-CCP publication, the Party-owned company China Southern Power Grid described the incident as a “grid failure.”

What's behind China's record-breaking electricity consumption?

A heatwave and brisk economic activities have combined to set off record-breaking electricity consumption in southern Chinese provinces, prompting the state-owned power grid operator to ration power to factories and commercial services providers.

What is southern power grid's target for Guangdong?

Southern Power Grid has planned to step up the dispatch of surplus electricity – mostly from hydro and renewable sources – to Guangdong from Guizhou and Yunnan. The target is a 40 per cent increase for the 2021-25 period from the preceding five years. In Guangdong, rationing has been tightened to conserve supply.

Why is Guangdong experiencing a power shortage?

“Hot and dry weather and fast industrial power demand growth have resulted in power shortage,” China Southern Power Grid, the dominant electricity distributor in the region, said in statement on its WeChat account. “All of Guangdong province’s 21 prefecture-level cities have started orderly power usage.”

What caused Guangdong's power outages?

Although the climate is relatively mild in Guangdong this time of year, the outages impacted Asian winter solstice celebrations called the Dongzhi Festival. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) state-run enterprise Guangdong Power Supply Bureau claimed power was restored after only an hour, blaming the outage on an equipment failure.