Another reason, one that has been a problem long criticized by environmental activists, is that electricity prices in Taiwan are too low, so there are few incentives for corporations to reduce energy use.
更主要且早已為環保界詬病已久的原因，還是在於台灣的電價太低（工業用電是日本的 48 %、英國的 88 %），企業節能的誘因不足，iEN 和各種 ESCOs 自然乏人問津。