Japan faces continued power shortages in summer months

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  • Legacy electric power system handicaps
  • Severe power shortfall, despite remedial efforts
  • Potential solutions, but no quick panacea
  • Blackouts -- perhaps extending into the summer
  • 'Self-restraint' and electricity rationing
  • Development or reactivation of major generation facilities
  • In-line 'customer differentiation' capability
  • 'Co-generation facilities' for critical energy consumers

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