The blackout triggered renewed debate between Taipower and the public about long-term electricity policy. Taipower at first refused national compensation for immediate losses caused by the outage on the grounds that this was "a natural disaster that could not be averted."
長期的電力政策因為此次停電再度引燃台電與民間的辯論，至於眼前停電造成的損失，台電一開始以「天災不可抗力因素」為由，拒絕國家賠償。