Taipower estimates that current generating equipment will be adequate until 1990, but unless additional capacity is put on line by then, shortfalls will begin to adversely affect economic growth.
但依據台電估計，民國七十二年到八十九年，用電成長率為百分之五點八，現有發電設備，到民國七十九年即達臨界點，由於建電廠費時五到十年，因此現在就得增設電源。為了避免影響到時候經濟成長，必須及早設法。