The Electricity Price Review Committee of the Ministry of Economic Affairs decided to increase electricity prices starting in April, with an average increase of 11%. The Kuomintang group in the Legislative Yuan is worried that the increase in electricity prices will be reflected in prices, causing everything to rise. It should make relevant supporting arrangements and review wrong energy policies.

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[Reporter Lin Liangsheng/Taipei Report] The Electricity Price Review Committee of the Ministry of Economic Affairs decided to increase the electricity price from April, with an average increase of 11%. Energy policy.

The KMT delegation of the Legislative Yuan held a press conference today and questioned President Tsai Ing-wen’s announcement that electricity prices would not increase significantly within 10 years. However, since the Tsai government came to power, electricity prices have been raised three times, with an increase of about 22.4%, which may drive up people’s living costs.

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Zeng Mingzong, chairman of the Kuomintang League of the Legislative Yuan, said that according to Taipower’s profit and loss statement in January this year, it had lost 32.1 billion yuan. According to economic estimates, this year’s electricity price will increase by 11%. By the end of the year, it will increase Taipower’s revenue by 60 billion yuan, but it only takes two months. How can Taipower continue to operate by eating up the increased income?

This concerns the rights and interests of the people in Taiwan to use electricity and business operations. The government should review the wrong energy policy.

Xie Yifeng, secretary of the Kuomintang League in the Legislative Yuan, believes that the increase in electricity prices for basic industries will inevitably be reflected in commodity prices.

According to the annual growth rate of the price index in February, the top three are egg prices up 11.08%, vegetables up 7.76%, and meat products up 6.89%. In the future, related livelihood expenses may continue to rise. The government will allocate 200 billion to Taipower Even the budget of RMB 100,000 cannot restrain the problem of Taipower's increasingly serious losses.

KMT legislator Fei Hung-tai questioned. Executive Chairman Chen Jianren said that 93% of people’s livelihood users have not adjusted, but according to past data, any increase in electricity prices will inevitably increase prices, and manufacturers will transfer the cost of electricity price increases to consumers to reduce cost burdens .

Fei Hongtai believes that Taipower estimates that the increase in electricity prices will affect CPI by about 0.204%, and the annual CPI will be close to 2.4%, but "definitely more than this figure." The rise in electricity prices may trigger layoffs or unpaid leave, and even a chain of systemic financial turmoil caused by manufacturers' debt defaults.

Yang Qiongying, a legislator of the Kuomintang, believes that DPP legislators and officials should provide their salaries to make up for the difference in electricity charges. burden of life.