Formosa News
Date: 2018/03/11
Amid worries about a likely increase in electricity prices, the Bureau of Energy has promised that rates will not rise by more than 3%, ahead of an official decision on Friday. Furthermore, the bureau says, people who use less than 330 kilowatt-hours a month will not see any change. However, experts note that electricity supplier Taipower was NT$2.5 billion in the red in January, and if power prices are not adjusted sufficiently, future generations will have to shoulder a burden of debt.
Ever since the beginning of this year, Taipower has issued an “orange alert” for the nation’s power supply 9 times. It’s not only because people are using hair dryers and heaters interchangably in winter. Experts are also pointing to other reasons behind nation’s high electricity consumption. [FULL STORY]