{"id":148825,"date":"2022-09-27T09:19:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T00:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=148825&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-09-27T09:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T00:19:39","slug":"kyushu-regions-struggle-to-secure-electricity-supplies","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-regions-struggle-to-secure-electricity-supplies\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Regions Struggle to Secure Electricity Supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some local governments in Kyushu are facing hardship as a surge in electricity prices made more power retailers exit the market. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hyuga<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> City in Miyazaki Prefecture requested local elementary and junior high schools to turn off classroom lights right after school hours to save energy: the city has resorted to a national power security program since May due to the sudden termination of power supply from West Electric Power. Other municipalities have paid tens of millions of yen under similar circumstances to prevent regional power cuts. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/local\/kyushu\/news\/20220829-OYTNT50051\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yomiuri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denkishimbun.com\/sp\/216071\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denki Shimbun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-147109\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_electricity_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu Regions Struggle to Secure Electricity Supplies\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_electricity_2022_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_electricity_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_electricity_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fnn_electricity_2022_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some local governments in Kyushu are facing hardship as a surge in electricity prices made more power retailers exit the market. Hyuga City in Miyazaki Prefecture requested local elementary and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":147113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-148825","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/148825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}