China has rolling power blackouts that affect production and delivery.
Our correspondent says that he is set to take over the reins of power at a time when most Pakistanis are preoccupied by the challenges of daily life amid lengthy power blackouts.
One highlight is frequent power blackouts.
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Power blackouts are like powder-kegged dominos.
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Energy-watchers now fret about possible blackouts as power stations close and are not replaced.
Tokyo Electric Power began imposing rolling blackouts at 5:00 p.m. on Monday in Japan, darkening 330, 000 households in Yokohama, Kawasaki and elsewhere in the Kanto region.
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Second, they are looking for ways to use that information to control the flow of power fast enough to avoid blackouts.
India is starved for electricity: in Chennai, the South Indian megacity where the launch occurred, rolling blackouts cut the power for two hours each day.
Upgrading the grid would also have a direct effect on consumers by saving families money through increased efficiency and reliability, while also helping utilities avoid blackouts and restore power quicker when they occur.
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Such laws also slow the construction of power plants, contributing to the rolling blackouts that crippled South Africa in 2008.
Since Monday the company has been operating rolling blackouts to deal with substantial power shortages after the Kanto-Tohoku earthquake on March 11 crippled the Fukushima plant.
Power-plant disruptions continue to cause rolling blackouts that cut electricity to data centers throughout the country in three-hour increments.
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However, a source familiar with the situation said Indian officials were talking to several temporary power specialists in a bid to prevent further blackouts.
Congestion on lines carrying power from north to south raises the risk of blackouts.
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But for the time being power will remain in short supply and rationing and blackouts will continue.
But FERC also soiled the proverbial carpet by blaming the state in part for the crisis that led to economic calamity and rolling blackouts in areas served by its main power supplier.
Many experts say that while it is important to address the immediate issues that may have caused the blackouts, such as the overdrawing of power by some states from region grids, it also is equally vital for India to address the underlying problem: a system that is still largely government-run isn't getting the job done.
The department has just designated broad swaths of the mid-Atlantic and Southwest as regions where more power lines are critically needed in order to avoid more blackouts.
During the blackouts it enacted a cabinet reshuffle, and the power minister was promoted to a more senior post.
Blackouts are nothing new in Pakistan because of chronic power shortages, with many areas having no electricity for several hours a day, says the BBC's Orla Guerin in Islamabad.
The blackouts came despite preparations by utilities, after what many power companies said was the worst storm ever to test their operations.
The electricity blackouts in July were caused by states ignoring national limits on power use.
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Electrical frequencies and voltages drop as power line currents increase, necessitating automatic or manual interruption of loads (blackouts) to protect grids.
An area of little doubt: The next few weeks will bring more difficulties to areas untouched by the earthquake and tsunami as the electric utility Tepco institutes rolling blackouts in the Kanto region around Tokyo to cope with a shortage of power.
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Last month almost half of India was left without power for two days in what was described as one of the world's worst blackouts.
Seven years ago, with California sweating through rolling electricity blackouts, the stock market worked up an appetite for outfits selling new ways of generating power.
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