It turned out that the blackout was caused by the collapse, due to a landslip, of an electricity pylon near Tsochen in Tainan, thus severing the transmission of power from the south of Taiwan to the north.
結果造成全台大停電的原因，竟然只是台南左鎮附近一座輸電鐵塔因土質鬆軟而倒塌，引起輸電系統中斷，南電無法北送所致。