Taipower Chairman Tsang Wensheng (middle) and Taiwan Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Service Chairman Wang Yaoting (fourth from left) invite executives of large users to hold the "Taiwan Electric Power School Symposium". (Provided by Taipower)
[Reporter Lin Jinghua/Taipei Report] Taipower today (5th) invited major electricity consumers such as transportation, medical care, schools, shopping malls, etc. for a discussion, hoping that all units will take good care of their own equipment "behind the meter". Among them, it is not easy to develop power talents. Not only Taipower Corporation, but also the high-speed rail and New Taipei MRT headquarters all admitted that they were robbed of talents by Chunghwa Telecom with high salaries. Taipower Chairman Tsang Wensheng stressed that stable power supply cannot only rely on Taipower. From equipment backup, regular inspections to mechanical and electrical personnel training, we hope to work with users to reduce the impact of power outages. Taipower’s goal of power distribution accidents this year is estimated to be reduced to less than 6,000, and more than 80% of power can be restored within 3 minutes.
Zeng Wensheng pointed out that Taipower is responsible for the stability of the power grid, which is before the electricity meter. After the electricity meter, it is the responsibility of each unit to manage it. For example, he gave an example. Important customers such as medical and transportation rail companies may be on the same feeder line. Once the equipment trips, the power grid shock will affect the neighbors next door, and Taipower often receives complaints. In order to reduce the impact of the power grid, important large-scale customers usually have dual-circuit or even three-circuit designs. However, if the user's power equipment is not properly maintained and cannot automatically switch, Taipower becomes a backup. As a result, the user does not have backup and cannot reduce the impact of power outages.
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In recent years, Taipower's distribution accidents and blackouts have dropped from a peak of 21,019 in 2012 to 6,191 last year. Taipower Vice President Chen Mingshu said that this year it will drop to less than 6,000. Taipower's goal is not only to reduce power outages, but also to speed up power restoration. 80% of power distribution accidents can be restored within 3 minutes.
The training of power operators is also a key factor. Misoperations and unfamiliarity with power restoration procedures have occurred in hospitals and shopping malls, causing accidents such as people being trapped in elevators. Zeng Wensheng also reminded the electromechanical personnel that in addition to being assigned shift personnel, they must also have basic technical skills. Now the high-level officials at the scene, including the high-speed rail and MRT companies, have admitted that they have been poached by the telecommunications industry, and it has become a complaint gathering.
Chen Huiyu, general manager of the high-speed railway, mentioned that the daily transportation volume of the high-speed railway was 40,000 in the initial stage and will exceed 230,000 this year. Semiconductor manufacturers are even building factories along the high-speed railway. The high-speed railway has a dual-circuit design for power supply stability, and it can also be transferred across regions and is relatively stable. However, instantaneous voltage drops often have safety implications for elevators and escalators. They will refer to Taipower's recommendations to install voltage stabilizing equipment.
However, Chen Huiyu said frankly that assistance in personnel training is urgently needed. The market has "almost a scarcity" of high-voltage power equipment personnel. Because of the lessons learned from the past, he is afraid that Chunghwa Telecom will pull away the high-speed rail personnel, so he has already adjusted his salary. Wu Guoqing, general manager of the New Taipei MRT, mentioned that the low birthrate is a factor. Under the circumstances, there are fewer and fewer maintenance personnel, and those with technical skills may not necessarily enter the public sector. "Our colleagues also go to Chunghwa Telecom." People with non-electrical backgrounds can also learn large-scale electrical technology. He agrees to establish an electric power school so that various units can jointly offer courses.
Lin Rongci, general manager of Chunghwa Telecom, who was present at the meeting, said that people have the same requirements for the resilience of power and communication services, and Chunghwa Telecom also feels the same. The power organization has high-level officials in Chunghwa Telecom. He said with a wry smile, "We have indeed seen some people coming over." But we have not poached people. They have all passed the exam and hope to do a good job in power management.
He said that Chunghwa Telecom has generators and UPS uninterruptible power supply systems in more than 900 computer rooms in Taiwan, but there has never been a power outage. It was an external line problem. In the past two years, there have been 100 large mobile generators and more than 350 small portable generators. A lot has been done in power maintenance.
Zhang Zhihao, deputy director of National Taiwan University Hospital, shared that when high-voltage testing was carried out in the National Taiwan University hospital last year, due to an error in switching equipment, emergency power generation was activated to protect the intensive care unit, surgery room, etc., but it could not supply power to the entire area. Experienced people would still press the wrong button. "This means that several feeders are useless." Ren Yijun, the president of Beijing University of Science and Technology, also said that electricity is an important feature of the school, and the teachers who belong to the electric power department are among the most in-demand talents and will be restored soon.
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