能源短缺問題成為焦點
Taiwan Power Co. — or Taipower — experienced several challenges on Monday, April 15 and Tuesday, April 16 that saw the company avert power rationing in northern Taiwan and confront sudden blackouts elsewhere on the island.
台灣電力公司（台電）在4月15日（星期一）和4月16日（星期二）經歷了數次挑戰，北台灣一度傳出限電危機，島內其他地方遭遇突然停電。
avert(v.)避免=avoidrationing(n.)配給power rationing限電ration(v.)(n.)配給(量);定量(提供);限量confront(v.)使面臨;降臨blackout(n.)停電=power outage
Both of these occurrences have put a spotlight on the country’s growing energy shortages.
這兩起事件使台灣日益嚴重的能源短缺問題成為焦點。
occur(v.)發生occurrence(n.)發生的事a common occurrence司空見慣的事a regular occurrence經常發生的事put a spotlight on...使～受矚目
According to TVBS News, Taipower feared that power rationing would be needed in Taipei and Keelung on the evening of April 15.
據TVBS新聞報導，台電原本擔心4月15日晚間台北和基隆需要進行限電。
fear(v.)害怕;擔心
This situation arose due to a combination of generators at the Datan Power Plant being damaged during the April 3 earthquake and hot weather across Taiwan increasing electricity usage.
出現這種情況的原因是大潭發電廠的發電機組在4月3日地震中受損，加上台灣各地炎熱的天氣導致用電量增加。
arise-arose-arisen發生=occura combination of... ...的組合
However, this potential crisis was able to be avoided through an emergency mechanism that released stored power to stabilize the power supply.
不過，台電透過緊急調度機制釋放儲存電力以穩定電力供應，避免了潛在危機。
potential crisis潛在的危機emergency mechanism緊急(調度)機制stabilize(v.)使穩定stable(adj.)穩定的
On April 16, Taipower customers in two Taoyuan locations suffered power outages at different times.
4月16日，桃園兩地的台電用戶在不同時間遭遇停電。
power outage停電=blackoutsuffer(v.)蒙受;遭受;飽受
The first occurred at 1:16 p.m. near the Qingpu High-Speed Rail Special Zone, while the second one happened at 9:45 p.m. along Taoyuan’s Zhongzheng Road area; both lasted around two or more hours.
第一起停電發生在下午1點16分，地點在青埔高鐵特區附近，而第二次發生在晚上9點45分，地點在桃園中正路一帶，兩起停電持續了約2個多小時。
while(conj.)而;然而last(v.)持續
All told, around 11,000 households were affected by the two blackouts, which Taipower attributed to “faulty cables and fallen high-voltage lines.”
總計約有11,000戶家庭受到兩次停電的影響，台電將其歸咎於「電纜故障和高壓線掉落」。
all told合計;總計household(n.)家庭;家戶attribute...to...把～歸因於～faulty(adj.)故障的cable(n.)電纜線high-voltage lines高壓電纜線
In response to these outages, Taoyuan City Councilor Ling Tao not only called Taipower’s policies into question but “expressed concern about the potential for severe power rationing across Taiwan.”
針對這些停電事件，桃園市議員凌濤不僅對台電的政策提出質疑，還「對全台嚴重限電的可能性表示擔憂」。
call...into question質疑not only...but (also)...不僅...而且...severe(adj.)嚴重的=serious
Coincidently, it was amid these two challenges that the incoming administration’s Premier, Cho Jung-tai, named Topco Group Chairman J.W. Kuo as the Minister of Economic Affairs under President-elect Lai Ching-te.
巧合的是，在發生這兩起挑戰的同時，即將上任的行政院長卓榮泰任命崇越集團董事長郭智輝為賴清德總統政府的經濟部長。
coincidently(adv.)巧合地、巧合的是coincidence(n.)巧合it is...that...分裂句;強調句型incoming(adj.)即將上任的outgoing(adj.)即將卸任的upcoming(adj.)即將來臨的;即將發生的name(v.)任命=appointpresident-elect(n.)總統當選人
Cho noted that Kuo will be tasked with using his “expertise in the energy industry” to address Taiwan’s power supply issues.
卓榮泰指出，郭智輝將負責運用其「在能源產業的專業知識」來解決台灣的供電問題。
be tasked with被指派、交付(任務等)expert(n.)專家expertise(n.)專業知識、技能address(v.)解決=tackle=grapple with