電でん力りょく需じゅ給きゅう逼ひっ迫ぱく警けい報ほう

Meanings

noun

power supply warning; electricity demand alert

Official alert issued when electricity supply is expected to be tight, urging conservation. Used in Japan since 2022.

東とう京きょう電でん力りょくは本ほん日じつ、電でん力りょく需じゅ給きゅう逼ひっ迫ぱく警けい報ほうを発はつ令れいした。
Tokyo Electric Power issued a power supply warning today.
電でん力りょく需じゅ給きゅう逼ひっ迫ぱく警けい報ほうが出でているので、節せつ電でんにご協きょう力りょくください。
A power alert has been issued, so please cooperate in saving electricity.

Kanji

電electricity
力power, strength, strong
需demand, request, need
給salary, wage, gift
逼urge, force, imminent
迫urge, force, imminent
警admonish, commandment
報report, news, reward

Related words

節せつ電でん
節電 is the act of saving electricity, often requested during a 電力需給逼迫警報.
計けい画かく停てい電でん
計画停電 is a planned blackout, a more severe measure than a warning.

Built from

電でん力りょく+需じゅ給きゅう逼ひっ迫ぱく+警けい報ほう

Written forms

電でん力りょく需じゅ給きゅう逼ひっ迫ぱく警けい報ほう
Standard kanji spelling used in official announcements.
電でん力りょく需じゅ給きゅうひっ迫ぱく警けい報ほう
Variant with ひっ迫 replacing 逼迫; common in media and government documents.

Etymology

Compound of 電力 (electric power), 需給 (supply and demand), 逼迫 (tightness, strain), and 警報 (warning, alarm). The term became widely used in Japan from 2022.