According to Taiwan's "China Times News Network", the island's electricity prices were raised yesterday, with an average increase of 8.4%, and the highest even soared by 15% at one time, causing many industry operators to complain.

Tsai Ing-wen once said that Taiwan would be short of electricity and that raising electricity prices would be badmouthing Taiwan. (Picture source: Taiwan's "China Times News Network")

China Taiwan Net reported on June 28 that according to Taiwan's "China Times News Network", the island decided to increase electricity prices yesterday (27th), with an average increase of 8.4%. The highest one even soared by 15% at one time, causing many industry players to complain. Zheng Liwen, a "legislator" of the Chinese Kuomintang, said that when the Democratic Progressive Party was in opposition, it used "opposing the dual increase in oil and electricity" as its appeal, but after taking office, although the increase was frozen 8 times, the increase was back to the original price in one go. The madness is simply "new" Taiwan’s electricity bill model”.

Zheng Liwen wrote yesterday that before the Taiwan authorities convened the electricity price review committee, the Democratic Progressive Party had been claiming that adjusting electricity rates was a reasonable and last resort decision, which was clearly a precautionary measure. The Democratic Progressive Party boasted before the election that Haikou prices would not rise for ten years, but now it is discussing price increases at the height of the epidemic, which is undoubtedly adding insult to injury to the people.

Zheng Liwen pointed out that Tsai Ing-wen once said that the Kuomintang was slandering Taiwan by shouting about power shortages and rising electricity prices. But now Taiwan's "Executive President" Su Tseng-chang said that the cost of power generation raw materials has doubled, placing a very heavy burden on Taipower, and also said Natural gas may drive Taipower to increase prices. In addition, "Minister of Economy" Wang Meihua said in March this year that the natural gas purchase contract with Russia expired in March, and the new international contract price is cheaper than Russia. Zheng Liwen angrily criticized, people really don't understand, who is doing it now? lie?

Zheng Liwen said that when the Democratic Progressive Party was in opposition, it used opposition to the double increase in oil and electricity as its political appeal. Now, although it has froze and raised electricity prices eight times in the six years it has been in power, it has returned to its original price in one go. This proves that the DPP’s consistent approach when in opposition was to oppose for the sake of opposition rather than truly benefiting the people!” (Editor/Revised by Li Ning/Li Botao)