Taipower will keep the electricity rates unchanged through October. However, Taipower's losses stand to exceed NT$200 billion by the end of the year.
Taipower held creative design activities to promote public communication on electricity and energy. However, a magazine recently criticized that Taipower plans to spend NT$564.5 billion to strengthen the power grid, but fails to mention how it would source its electricity.
Wang Yao-ting, President, Taiwan Power Company: “In our power supply development plan, the money spent on the power supply is actually far more than the grid. Taichung Power Plant, Hsinta Power Plant, and Tunghsiao Power Plant are all under construction. So our power generation volume is very large.”
Taipower said its power development plan is ongoing and is investing a larger amount as well. About NT$376.1 billion has already been earmarked from the NT$564.5 billion power grid resilience development project. The remaining NT$188.4 billion needs to be planned out in a separate project plan. However, energy experts questioned why the electricity price will be kept the same in October, while the international fuel price is soaring. There may be pressure to increase the electricity price next April, after the year-end elections.
Liang Chi-yuan, Chair Professor, National Central University: “It won't work if you only increase industrial electricity prices. Residential and service industry electricity prices will also be pressured to increase, with an increase most likely in April.”
Wang Yao-ting, President, Taiwan Power Company: “Our current loss has reached more than NT$150 billion. By the end of this year, we estimate our loss will reach NT$200 billion.”
Experts said that international fuel prices may easily rise and fall in the short term, due to the impact of inflation and the Russia-Ukraine war. Taipower's losses may continue to expand if electricity prices do not rise next year.
台電舉辦創意設計活動，推廣電力能源社會溝通。不過日前雜誌報導，批評台電「強化電網韌性建設計畫」砸5645億強化電網，卻隻字不提電力來源，質疑錢沒花在刀口上。
台電總經理王耀庭說：「我們電源端開發計畫花費的錢，事實上是比電網端遠遠更多，台中電廠、興達電廠、通霄電廠等等，都在建置當中，所以（電源開發）它的量體是非常大的。」
台電表示，電源開發計畫持續進行，投入金額更大。至於5645億強化電網韌性建設計畫，已規劃執行中約3761億，其餘1884億需另編專案計畫來執行。不過能源學者質疑，國際燃料價格高漲，但10月電價卻凍漲，大選後，明年4月恐面臨漲電價壓力。
中央大學管理講座教授梁啟源認為：「只漲工業用電的話是行不通的，民生用電還有包括服務業用電，也都會有漲價的壓力啦，4月調漲的壓力很大。」
王耀庭指出：「目前的虧損是已經到了1500多億左右，那後續這段時間再加上去，（到年底）預估應該會到2000億這個規模。」
學者表示，隨著通膨與俄烏戰爭衝擊，國際燃料價短期內恐怕易漲難跌，明年若不漲電價，台電虧損恐持續擴大。
