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The government even abolishes the discount on electricity rates for low-income families
The power of the people “Send the bill before leaving the nuclear power plant to the people”
Images related to electricity bills.
On the 17th, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy and the Korea Electric Power Corporation announced a plan to reform the electricity rate system.
According to the reorganization plan, the fuel cost indexing system that reflects the cost of fuel used for power generation in the electricity bill will be implemented from January next year.
In particular, the ‘Mandatory Use Warranty Deduction’ system, which used to discount electricity bills for low-income families, will be gradually reduced or abolished until July 2022.
Even with the reorganization of the rate plan, electricity rates are not expected to increase immediately. This is because international oil prices, which influence fuel costs, have dropped significantly due to the global economic recession from the coronavirus.
However, when international oil prices recover, an increase in electricity rates is inevitable. There is even concern that electricity bills will skyrocket if international oil prices rise as in the past.
Experts have warned that electricity prices will inevitably rise to shut down nuclear power plants that produce cheap electricity and fill the gap with expensive liquefied natural gas and renewable energy.
Despite warnings from experts, the government has insisted that the electricity bill will not increase significantly even if the nuclear power plant policy is promoted.
The power of the people repelled, commenting that it was a “heartless government that delivered tax bills before the nuclear power plant to people who suffered.”
People’s Power spokesperson Kim Eun-hye said: “The nuclear power plant bills that we were concerned about are flying in front of the people. This is to stop a decent nuclear power plant that has world-class technology, has competitive prices and emits no carbon. “It is passing the responsibility for the failure of the energy policy that pushed high-cost liquefied natural gas, which is the main culprit of carbon emissions, to the public.”
Spokesperson Kim Eun-hye said: “In particular, it will be a reverse driving bill that only increases the burden on ordinary people because it is said to lower the discount targets for households using electricity below 200 kWh. , that depend on single-person households or low-income groups. ” Even the declaration that there is no more increase is reversed, and the freelancers groan with Corona 19, and people live on the brink of suffocation.
He said: “The incompetent government’s violence against the people,” he said. “Who is the energy policy of the Moon Jae-in government, which is armed with ideology without worrying about the political effects of nuclear power plants and renewable energy?”
Reporter Kim Myung-il, Hankyung.com [email protected]
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