Hong Kong’s CLP Power ordered to submit report after latest outage affects 1,400 households
- Blaze in meter room at Po Kan House in Po Lam Estate knocked out power to 1,470 households on Thursday
Authorities have ordered Hong Kong’s largest electricity provider to identify problems with its power supply system and submit a report after the latest in a series of outages affected more than 1,400 households for up 2½ hours in Tseung Kwan O.
“The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department has requested CLP to identify the cause of the incident as soon as possible and submit a detailed report within four weeks,” a bureau spokesman said.
“Given the recent voltage dip and outage incidents, the bureau considers it necessary for CLP to identify the problems and minimise the chances of future incidents, so as to maintain the stable and reliable power supply that Hong Kong has all along been relying on.”
Power supply equipment at Po Kan House was damaged at 2.27pm, with firefighters putting out the blaze in around 45 minutes.
CLP said it restored the electricity supply to around 1,000 households at 3.25pm and to the rest at 5.11pm.
