South Chungcheong Province and National Assembly members agree with one voice to ‘attract the integrated headquarters of power generation companies to Chungcheongnam’

Leaders of Boryeong, Dangjin, and Taean also participated... Attraction strategy discussed at the National Assembly

(Hongseong = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jun-beom = South Chungcheong Province announced on the 10th that it has begun a joint response with local lawmakers of the ruling and opposition parties and heads of local governments to attract the integrated headquarters of public power generation companies.

On this day, South Chungcheong Province held a discussion session on ‘Attracting integrated headquarters of power generation companies to Chungcheongnam-do’ with lawmakers Seong Il-jong, Fisheries Agency, and Jang Dong-hyuk at the National Assembly Hall.

About 70 people, including South Chungcheong Province Governor Park Soo-hyun, local lawmakers, and experts, attended the event prepared to discuss the legitimacy and strategy of attracting Chungcheongnam-do in response to the government's push to integrate public power generation companies.

In addition, Boryeong Mayor Eom Seung-yong, Dangjin Mayor Kim Ki-jae, and Taean County Mayor Yoon Hee-shin, as well as heads of organizations in regions where power generation companies' headquarters or major power generation facilities are located, also attended and contributed to the attraction effort.

Dr. Shin Dong-ho of the Chungnam Research Institute, who was in charge of the presentation, said, "Chungnam is a region where energy conversion facilities such as power generation and transmission infrastructure and coal-fired power plants are concentrated," and argued, "Chungnam is suitable as a base for converting existing power generation assets into an eco-friendly energy system and strengthening national power security."

As a strategy for this, Dr. Shin suggested establishing a national energy conversion demonstration and expansion base, conversion of renewable energy and existing power generation assets, expansion of carbon-free power sources, and balanced energy conversion between regions.

Subsequently, in a discussion involving experts and government officials, the direction and response measures for attracting the integrated headquarters of a public power generation company to Chungcheongnam-do were discussed.

Governor Park said, “We will raise strong sails to embrace the wishes of the 2.2 million residents and do our best to attract the integrated headquarters,” and added, “We will ensure that a just transition becomes the hope for not only workers, but all of us.”