With the four major referendums coming in December, Tseng Wen-sheng—who once doctored Chen Chu's itinerary on a typhoon day to protect his master, was convicted of document forgery by the court, and later rose to become the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs—claims that the expectation of the 4th nuclear power plant is the main cause of the power shortage!
Tsai Ing-wen: 'By 2025, our ideal of a nuclear-free homeland means we will break away from nuclear power and abandon outdated, cumbersome energy infrastructure. We already have a comprehensive solution and have calculated everything. Even as electricity demand continues to increase, Taiwan's future will absolutely not face a power shortage crisis.'
Discusses the 2017 power shortage crisis in Taiwan and the DPP government's mandatory electricity saving measures for large industrial users, focusing on the political fallout and energy policy.