A hike in electricity prices that started on Monday will likely lead to another round of political contestation between the pan-Blue and pan-Green camps. In particular, the pan-Blue camp will probably try to redirect public anger regarding the price hikes to push for nuclear energy, in line with its energy platform...
Taiwan experienced rolling power outages today after a malfunction at a Kaohsiung substation led to an abnormality in the power grid. This will no doubt become an object of political contestation going forward, with pro-nuclear advocates in particular likely to leverage on the incident to claim that it demonstrates Taiwan's need for nuclear energy...