S Korea issues power shortage alert amid heatwave
(08-06 12:50)
South Korea's state power company today issued a shortage warning, meaning that reserves are dangerously low, as electricity consumption rose sharply due to an unusual heatwave, Agence France-Presse reports.
The warning from the Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO) was aimed at averting power cuts, the knowledge economy ministry said, urging households, factories and other users to cut consumption voluntarily.
Temperatures have stayed above 35 degrees Celsius for 10 consecutive days across the country, driving up air-conditioning use.
It was the first such warning since last September, when more than 2.1 million households and other premises were hit with rolling power cuts lasting up to one hour.
The ministry also resumed operations of the country's oldest nuclear power plant at Gori. It had been closed for months due to scrutiny over its safety and protests by civic groups.
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