DPP legislators with close ties to the president then stated that while the Cabinet had not yet made a final decision on the plant, senior officials at the MOEA had nevertheless been working for quite some time on plans to deal with its possible termination, and the MOEA has recently submitted a contingency plan to the premier.
民進黨內與總統互動密切的立委則表示，行政院固然沒有對核四興建與否作成決議，但經濟部高層對於停建核四的預備工作早有一套方案。經濟部日前也已向行政院長唐飛提出停建核四的替代方案。