The electricity shortage in Wuhan started to increase in the middle of this month. From the 28th onwards, nearly 2,000 factories in Wuhan began to switch off power production in order to protect the public's electricity. Wuhan Power Grid Emergency Load Regulation and Control Leading Group introduced that because the power coal supply has not yet been effectively mitigated, the power generation capacity continues to decline, and the contradiction between power supply and demand has further expanded. Since December 12, the maximum gap between the supply and demand of Wuhan power grid has reached 650,000 kilowatts at a time. If no effective measures are taken urgently, the electricity consumption of the residents may be affected. For this reason, for the first time in ten years, Wuhan has taken industrial companies to take power off the industry. The cut-off of electricity will involve a total of 1,815 industrial enterprises in the city, including 18 companies in the general and special equipment manufacturing industries, chemical products, non-ferrous metals, clothing and footwear, etc., which will continue to implement load compression limits in the coming period of time. In addition to the measures, a power outage of 2 days a week is required to give up 600,000 kilowatts of electricity, which accounts for about 12% of the actual demand for electricity in the city. Wuhan Power Grid Emergency Load Regulation and Control Leading Group stated that it is currently impossible to predict whether a greater range of power restriction measures will be adopted later.
Hubei Province Economic and Information Commission statistics show that at present, Jingmen, Hanchuan, Xiangfan and other power plants have stopped generating electricity due to coal shortages. By the end of the 28th, 36 units of 200,000 kilowatts and above units in the province have been shut down; 11 have been stopped; the Yangtze River and Qingjiang, In the Han River basin, the autumn rainfall dropped drastically from the same period of previous years, and the water level dropped sharply.