Lan Bai raised the case to amend the law to force all coal-fired power stations to shut down after 2 years. Taiwan Power: All people are responsible for the "power supply imbalance"

Over the past 10 years, Taipower has invested 44.1 billion yuan in upgrading air pollution control equipment at Taichung Power Plant, which has led to a significant reduction of 80% in air pollution emissions and a reduction of 6.73 million metric tons of coal consumption.

[Reporter Lin Jinghua/Reporting from Taipei] The Kuomintang members of the Legislative Yuan and the People's Party Group pushed for an amendment to the "Air Pollution Prevention Act" and named Taichung Power Plant's coal-fired units to be completely decommissioned in 2028 through "case-by-case amendments to the law." Taipower responded solemnly today (12th). Legislators insisted on forcibly suspending 8 units of China National Fire Corporation with a total capacity of 4.4 million kilowatt-hours within two years. Taipower was worried that it would destroy the power supply balance and exceed the load of the power grid. Taipower hopes to promote power construction in a rational and pragmatic manner and respects the good intentions of the legislators' proposal, but it should not let all people bear the consequences of Taiwan's power supply imbalance and damage to industrial development.

Taipower pointed out that Taichung City has ranked first in the country's electricity consumption for seven consecutive years. It has already been unable to make ends meet and is highly dependent on support from other counties and cities. The central part of the city is the heart hub of Taiwan's power grid, and the dispatched power from the north to the south in normal times has reached 3 million kilowatts. Taipower warned that if this proposal is followed, 4.4 million kilowatts of power supply energy will be instantly evaporated by the end of 2028. The power supply imported from other counties and cities by the Central Power Grid will surge to more than 6 million kilowatts, far exceeding the regional power transmission limit. It will be like "filling household water pipes with high-pressure torrent", which may cause pipelines to burst and face water outages.

Taipower further pointed out that in recent years, major high-tech manufacturers including TSMC, Micron, and Silicon Products have invested heavily in key advanced processes and factory expansion plans in Taichung, and the demand for electricity will see explosive growth in the future. If the power grid cannot even bear the current load, the power applications of major technology factories will be forced to comprehensively re-evaluate, seriously stifling the industrial competitiveness of Taichung and even Taiwan as a whole.

Taipower also stated that as the new gas-fired units of the Taichung Power Plant have been put online one after another, it has started the dismantling plan of the existing coal-fired units 1 and 2 in October this year. The overall dismantling project is in progress and is expected to be completed in early 2029. It will continue to promote the second phase of the plan. Taipower has handed over concrete report cards step by step, but has repeatedly become the number one target of crusade. This not only negates the hard work of Taipower colleagues, but also does not help solve air pollution and power supply problems.

In order to balance power supply stability and environmental friendliness, Taipower continues to promote the steady progress of the air pollution improvement train. Nowadays, the lack of supporting and scientifically evaluated targeted amendments will undoubtedly force the existing coal reduction and emission reduction paths and power supply balance to face the crisis of derailment. Taipower solemnly reiterates that the improvement of air pollution should return to scientific management, and calls for maintaining the flexibility of current regulations to jointly protect people's electricity consumption and environmental quality.