Expanding city gas supply to 6,836 households in Taebaek, Pyeongchang, and Goseong

Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province announced on the 10th that it had been selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy's '2026 City Gas Supply Pipe Construction Support Project' contest and secured 21.7 billion won in national funding.

Through this contest selection, city gas supply pipes will be expanded to three cities and counties, including Mungok Sodo-dong in Taebaek-si, Jinbu-myeon in Pyeongchang-gun, and Geojin-eup in Goseong-gun.

The total project cost is 32.24 billion won, which includes 21.69 billion won in national funds, 1.39 billion won in provincial funds, 5.89 billion won in city and military expenses, and 3.27 billion won in city gas company expenses.

We plan to install a total of 42.7km of city gas supply pipes to supply city gas to 6,836 households.

The province has been supporting the installation of supply facilities in areas where city gas is not supplied since 2015, but has had difficulty expanding the large-scale supply chain due to the burden on local finances.

The province expects that by securing this government funding, it will be able to reduce the burden of fuel costs in areas where city gas supply has been difficult and alleviate the gap in energy supply between regions.

Han Young-seon, director of the Provincial Industry Bureau, said, “The selection through this contest will be an opportunity to resolve the blind spot in energy welfare in areas where city gas supply has been difficult,” and added, “We will continue to expand the supply of city gas to reduce the burden of fuel costs on provincial residents and the energy gap between regions.”