
台電、中油配合政策凍漲致虧損嚴重,立法院經濟委員會召開公聽會討論《能源管理法》修法與虧損撥補。
立法院經濟委員會就中油與台電虧損及《能源管理法》修訂召開公聽會。國民黨立委提案增訂虧損免提撥基金條款,主計總處則擔憂將大幅削弱能源基金自籌財源,影響業務推動。
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台電與中油為配合政府穩定物價政策,吸收國際燃料成本導致嚴重虧損。立法院經濟委員會召開公聽會探討能源管理法修訂及虧損撥補解方。
台電、中油為配合政府穩定物價政策,持續凍漲能源價格,導致嚴重影響公司營運。國民黨立委提案為「能源研究發展特種基金」提撥設立「虧損減免條款」,只要台電年度結算虧損,該年度便不用提撥基金。但主計總處指出,能源基金自籌財源有98%由台電繳交,若增訂減免條款,恐影響基金業務推動。民進黨立委、召委鍾佳濱也質疑,若台電不提撥,誰能提撥?建議持續維持編列追加預算撥補台電及中油的作法。
立法院經濟委員會今日召開「中油、台電虧損之因應—《能源管理法》第5條及第5條之1之修訂」公聽會。根據現行條文,台電、中油必須提撥一定比例的業務收入至「能源研究發展特種基金」。但考量國際能源成本受地緣政治風險遽增的影響,有逐漸提高的趨勢,國民黨立委陳永康等人提案,為提撥加入「虧損減免條款」,只要年度結算經審定為虧損,便能免予提撥該年度應提撥的基金。
針對「虧損減免條款」提案,行政院主計總處報告指出,能源基金今年度預算編列基金來源45.74億元(包含國庫補助10億元及自籌收入35.74億元)、基金用途43.89億元。其中依能源管理法第5條之1所徵收的收入編列34.92億元,占基金自籌財源98%,均由台電繳交。若增訂「虧損減免條款」,將大幅削弱「能源研究發展特種基金」自籌財源能力,恐影響基金業務推動。至於中油等探採或輸入石油業者,則依石油管理法第34條規定繳交石油基金,免再提撥予能源基金,不受本次增訂條文草案影響。
對於台電及中油虧損問題,經濟部次長賴建信表示,中油及台電公司今年全年稅前虧損預估分別為563億元及732.75億元,對公司營運造成衝擊,由於編列年度預算緩不濟急,因此依據預算法第79條第3款「所辦事業因重大事故經費超過法定預算」,提出追加預算。
賴建信說明,經濟部已經督導中油與台電透過會計政策、不動產重估增值、增加外貿效益、活化土地資產、撙節費用等財務手段,改善資本結構,但虧損情形嚴重,已非財務手段可處理,且今年第2次電價費率審議會決議支持優先爭取撥補預算711億元,電價調整留待今年12月再討論。
台電部分,賴建信也指出,台電公司發購電燃料成本占總支出逾5成,當地緣政治緊張導致燃料價格飆漲時,台電公司配合政府穩定物價政策,其所吸收的龐大燃料成本,造成巨大的財務虧損壓力,並非僅透過自身努力就能彌平,仍須政府藉由增資、專案融資與撥補等財務支援,予以支持。
中經院能源所博士許家勝認為,台電至今累積虧損3700多億,應先釐清台電究竟有多少虧損是因為執行政府的政策任務,共花費多少錢去平穩CPI(消費者物價指數),再對台電進行有條件的撥補。
全國商業總會秘書長劉守仁表示,能源價格因為戰爭上漲,虧損對台電、中油而言是非戰之罪;最低工資才剛宣布將於明年起上調4.75%,若電價於12月漲價,對業者而言將是雪上加霜,商總支持先撥補台電,解決燃眉之急。
針對撥補問題,民進黨立委、召委鍾佳濱表示,油與電雖非公共財,但具有非常強大的外部性、公共性,並肩負社會政策責任,不太可能採取純粹的量能課稅或使用者付費,因此台電與中油採取差別電價、不調漲桶裝瓦斯價格等多管齊下手段,並編列追加預算撥補。
鍾佳濱認為,電子業不僅是最有能力負擔用電成本的產業,也用了最多電、佔了台電最多便宜。台積電一年在全世界繳納近3000億元稅款,其中9成繳給台灣政府,將AI產業貢獻國庫的幾千億稅收用來補貼中油、台電,有何不可?
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The No. 2 boiler of Qinghai Huadian Golmud Phase I, the highest ultra-supercritical coal-fired power generation project in China, was successfully ignited on October 18, marking the unit entering the hot commissioning stage. This project is located in Golmud, Qinghai, with a total investment of approximately 6.2 billion yuan, and aims to improve the Qinghai power grid’s ability to absorb new energy.
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The Economic Committee of the Legislative Yuan held a public hearing on state-owned energy industry budget allocations today. The business community called on the government to allocate losses to Taipower and PetroChina. Taipower expressed its gratitude and pointed out that the war between the United States and Iraq caused gas prices to rise sharply, absorbing costs of more than 70 billion yuan. It hopes that all walks of life will support the 71.1 billion yuan supplementary budget to improve finances and stabilize people's livelihood.

National Tsing Hua University signed a cooperation agreement with NuCube Energy of the United States to evaluate the feasibility of introducing micro modular reactors (MMR) in Taiwan for research, application and deployment. Tsinghua University aims to set up one on campus as early as 2031, and hopes to use this to drive Taiwan's traditional industries to join the international nuclear energy supply chain.

China's Ministry of Commerce announced that it plans to include some solar manufacturing technologies in the export control list on the grounds that the relevant technologies involve sensitive fields of aerospace and national defense. This move is seen by analysts as an attempt to maintain China's monopoly in the photovoltaic field and may affect the overseas production plans of companies such as Tesla.

Regarding the progress and disbursement of the second phase of Taipower's offshore operations, the Ministry of Economic Affairs stated that the first batch of wind turbines has been installed and called on the contractor Fuwei to properly handle the joint loan dispute with the bank group. Taipower will make the completion of wind turbine installation and grid connection its primary goal.