The government is feeling the pinch. Electricity rates have jumped, yet the bills paid by many households have dropped. Taipower's electricity revenues have also fallen by 0.2 % versus the same period last year, paradoxically making it one of the victims of the rate hikes. It's projected that Taipower will post losses of more than NT $ 110 billion this year, and pay no profits to the treasury.
政府「苦民所苦」，電價雖有調漲，但許多家戶繳交的電費反倒減少，台電的售電收入也較去年同期微幅下降了 0.2 %，反倒成了電價調漲的「苦主」之一──預計台電今年仍將虧損超過 1,100 億元台幣，繳庫盈餘為零。