Heavyweight industrialists yesterday urged the government to step up efforts to ensure that the nation has a stable electricity supply, after a referendum proposal to restart construction at the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant failed.
Representatives from the Taipei-based Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce (CNAIC, 工商協進會) shared their concerns at a breakfast meeting with key policymakers, including Vice Premier Shen Jong-chin (沈榮津).
CNAIC chairman Lin Por-fong (林伯豐) said he shared Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) founder Terry Gou’s (郭台銘) misgivings that there would be electricity shortages in the summer.
The government is lagging in its attempt to produce 20 percent of