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台中市長要求公開中火拆除時程,卻忽視過去以氣換煤延宕責任
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台中市長要求公開中火拆除時程,卻忽視過去以氣換煤延宕責任

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台中市長盧秀燕要求中央公開中火燃煤機組及煙囪拆除時程以改善空污,但文章指出中火已進入燃煤退場、燃氣接棒關鍵階段,並質疑過去以氣換煤方案因地方行政程序延宕而被擱置,認為環境治理應基於科學與減量成效,而非將責任全推向中央,同時提醒台中空污成因複雜,需納入交通、工業等多方面因素整體治理。

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台中市長盧秀燕要求中央公開中火燃煤機組及煙囪拆除時程以改善空污,但中火已進入燃煤退場、燃氣接棒關鍵階段。過去以氣換煤方案曾因中市府都市設計審議等程序延宕,台電曾透過中央程序尋求解套。近年台電透過降載、設備改善及能源轉型,中火近十年減煤逾六百萬噸。

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台中市長盧秀燕日前要求中央公開中火燃煤機組及煙囪拆除時程,強調改善空污。然而,中火如今已進入燃煤退場、燃氣接棒的關鍵階段,更值得追問的是:若改善空氣確是政策目標,過去為何讓「以氣換煤」一度陷入行政程序延宕?

台中市長盧秀燕日前要求中央公開中火燃煤機組及煙囪拆除時程,但是中火已進入燃煤退場、燃氣接棒的關鍵階段。圖為中火。(台中市府提供)

中火燃氣機組過去曾因中市府都市設計審議等程序延宕,台電甚至須透過中央程序尋求解套,地方政府固然享有都市計畫與環境管理權限,但地方自治並非毫無界限,行政裁量也不能只看程序是否合法,更須檢驗其是否符合公益目的及比例原則,當行政程序反而延遲原本用來降低污染的燃氣替代方案,甚至增加減煤轉型的時間成本,則其行政裁量是否涉及權力濫用,自有必要嚴格檢視。

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若盧秀燕認為燃煤污染必須降低,合理作法應是提高環保要求、加速燃氣建置,讓污染源儘速轉換,而非讓替代方案長期陷於程序延宕,如今燃氣機組逐步運轉,燃煤機組也進入拆除階段,更凸顯延宕所付出的時間成本。台中的空污並非單一污染源所能解釋,包括交通、工業、營建揚塵及境外污染等因素,都應納入整體治理,環境政策若只鎖定最具政治能見度的污染源,既無法完整掌握污染成因,也難以提出有效的減量方案。更重要的是,近年台電透過降載、設備改善及能源轉型,中火近十年減煤逾六百萬噸,這些成果不應被選擇性忽略,環境治理應依監測數據、排放清冊及實際減量成效判斷,而地方政府也應做好交通減碳、產業排放及揚塵治理,不能空氣一差便將責任全推向中央,形成「功勞地方化、責任中央化」。

台灣電力系統跨越行政區域,台中人的健康不能成為政治提款機。圖為台電超高壓電塔。(資料照)

台灣電力系統跨越行政區域,能源轉型攸關全國供電與產業發展。地方依法監督中火,但地方自治是權責分工,不是對國家能源政策的否決權。台中人的健康不能成為政治提款機,真正負責任的環境治理,不靠政治標靶,而應以法律拘束權力、以科學釐清污染、以減量成果驗證政策。

(作者為法務人員)

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  • 中火燃煤機具體拆除時間表為何?
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