The government has announced a power-saving plan for the coming summer. But the announcement came too late. As all of Japan's nuclear power plants are offline, the government has been obsessed with the idea of restarting the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture and has been slow to explain and make people and businesses aware of the need for making serious power-saving efforts again this year.
There is the possibility that people and businesses do not have a strong enough awareness of the need, compared with last summer.
A serious power shortage is expected in the areas serviced by Kepco. This is a result of a policy characterized by excessive reliance on nuclear power.