The center said it released the survey to push President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who is to begin her second term on Wednesday next week, to expedite energy reform. Asked if they would support increasing electricity prices from an average of NT$2.6 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for energy reform, 62 percent said yes and 18.8 percent said no, while 19.2 percent said they had no opinion. Electricity prices should better reflect their external costs, he added. Asked why they would support an electricity price hike, 57.8 percent said to improve air quality. It has a confidence level of 95 percent and a margin of error of 2.97 percentage points, the center said.

Source: Taipei Times May 13, 2020 15:56 UTC