Haenam-gun Provides One-Stop Solution for Public Utility Fee Discounts for Multichild Families

Integrated Application for Four Types of Utility Fees Including Water and Sewage, Electricity, and Gas Fees Available When Reporting Change of Address

Haenam-gun Office Building Exterior (Photo by Haenam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan) announced on the 22nd that it will provide a one-stop public utility fee reduction service for multi-child families moving into the county.

From February, multi-child families with two or more children who are eligible for public utility fee reductions can apply for the fee reduction at the same time as they register their move-in at the town or township office.

The one-stop public utility fee reduction service is the first of its kind implemented nationwide, carried out in cooperation with Haenam-gun Water and Sewage Office, Korea Electric Power Corporation Haenam Branch, and Haeyang Energy Co., Ltd.

Families with two children can apply for reductions on water and sewage fees, while families with three or more children can apply for reductions on water, sewage, electricity, and city gas fees all at once.

This system improvement is expected to eliminate the inconvenience of having to visit each institution separately to apply for fee reductions, independent of the move-in registration, as well as prevent cases where families miss out on benefits due to lack of prior information about the reduction programs.

Once the fee reduction is applied for, families with two children will receive a reduction of up to 5,300 KRW on water fees and 1,600 KRW on sewage fees starting from the application date. Families with three or more children will receive reductions on water and sewage fees, a fixed 16,000 KRW reduction on electricity fees, and reductions on city gas fees of 1,650 KRW from April to November and 6,000 KRW from December to March.

A county official said, “We hope the offline one-stop public utility fee reduction service will be of some help to multi-child families,” and added, “We will continue to improve administrative services for multi-child families and do our best to make Haenam a good place to have and raise children.”

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