In the past Taiwan placed excessive importance on fossil fuels and nuclear energy, and created a monopoly of electrical power supply, thereby excluding opportunities for development of renewable sources of energy. Thus the President emphasized, "In the future we should, acting through liberalization of the power market and various subsidy measures, increase incentives for diversification of sources of energy."
此外，台灣長期以來過份強調火力及核能發電，且電力供應為獨占市場，排擠了許多再生能源獲得開發的機會，因此，「未來應透過電力市場的自由化及各種補助措施，增加業者開發的誘因，促進能源的多元化，降低對進口能源的依賴。」