KEPCO to seek 15% electricity cut / Prospects dim of restarting some reactors

[kristopher]

KEPCO to seek 15% electricity cut / Prospects dim of restarting some reactors
The Yomiuri Shimbun

Kansai Electric Power Co. announced Friday that it will ask all its users to cut their electricity consumption by 15 percent between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays from July 1 through Sept. 22, as it is unlikely that it will be able to resume operations at nuclear power reactors that are currently shut down for regular inspections, or are scheduled to be.

Since the Great East Japan Earthquake, many companies have been moving their production sites to western Japan from the service area of Tokyo Electric Power Co., where an electricity shortage is expected this summer.

However, Kansai Electric's announcement will likely force them to revise their plans, observers said.

Regular inspections have already finished at three of Kansai Electric's 11 nuclear reactors. These three reactors can resume operations if the company can obtain the understanding of local residents...

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110610005996.htm


A consensus is emerging...

[madokie]

1. I would happily cut 15% or my electric consumption

Shut the nuke plants down now before we have a catastrophe here. Since most of our manufacturing has been off shored I'm not so sure we'd have to have that much of a cut anyway.

Rec.

[AtheistCrusader]

2. :sigh:

15% isn't enough. (closer to 21% nationwide)

We're still #2 in manufacturing in the world, against China's #1, which has 4x the population.

[madokie]

3. I don't think we're #2 in manufacturing

We don't make shit anymore. Either you don't shop or you have your head in the sand because if either weren't true you'd know that it takes some serious searching to find anything still made in America and what is is made down south with slave labor wages. We're one of the most manufacturing friendly states there is and our industrial parks are nearly empty. Oh the buildings are there but they aren't being used for anything except taking up space. I'll not be having any of that bullshit you're selling, "Sigh," shoved up my backside.
In our present economy 15% would cover us to shut the dangerous nuke plants down and do it today, no problem. Until we shut them down they'll not have the incentive to build out the alternates which is where we're headed anyway.

[AtheistCrusader]

5. LOL

We've been battling back and forth with China for top spot for years now.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/21/news/economy/china_us_manufacturing/index.htm
http://www.businessinsider.com/while-china-is-no-1-in-manufacturing-us-still-runner-up-3-plays-to-consider-2011-3

Did you miss it in the news?

China has pretty much hit a 9 month wall in manufacturing growth too.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-01/manufacturing-growth-weakens-from-china-to-europe-as-global-economy-ebbs.html

Those numbers are based on dollars transfered, and goods sold, so excess inventories, idle buildings and warehouses are tracked in other ways.

Pretty funny that you didn't think that was the case. You might want to keep an eye on this aspect of the economy, as it is an indicator in what is to come. (Bad things, right now)

[FBaggins]

6. But "what you think" and reality aren't always the same thing. n/t

[kristopher]

4. Tohoku Electric Shareholders Say No More Nuclear Power

Tohoku Electric Shareholders Say No More Nuclear Power

TOKYO (Nikkei)--Tohoku Electric Power Co. (9506) revealed Monday that 232 shareholders have filed resolutions that would pull the plug on the utility's nuclear energy business, among other proposals.

The disclosure was made in the notification for Tohoku Electric's June 29 general shareholders meeting. In all, six of the 11 listed electric companies have received shareholder resolutions this year calling for abandoning nuclear power and other charter amendments.

Besides withdrawing from nuclear power, the three resolutions put forward by Tohoku Electric shareholders would halt investment in nuclear fuel recycling and end compensation for executives. The utility's board of directors opposes all three motions.


http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20110613D13JFN05.htm

That is the entire piece.