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BEIJING, March 16 (Reuters) - Southwestern China’s Yunnan province was preparing to cut power supplies to a growing number of energy-intensive and high-polluting firms as a severe drought in the region sapped hydropower output in the region, a local government official said on Tuesday.
“The government has drafted a plan that would prioritise power supply to residents and some important users while further curbing flows to energy-intensive firms,” said the official who is familiar with local power industry but who declined to be named because he is not an authorised spokesperson.
“All backup generators have been mobilised and electricity flows to Guangdong have been cut,” he said.
“The scope and extent of power restrictions will be decided by the developments in demand-and-supply situations.”Yunnan, whose hydropower stations account for nearly 70 percent of capacity in the province, has been facing difficulty to generate enough power for its own needs since late last year because of the worst drought conditions in more than half a century.
And here’s ANALYSIS-China drought underlines hydropower reliance risks from Emma Graham-Harrison from 2008 which sounds like much of the editorial we’ve been reading over recent weeks.
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