Starting from the 14th, City Gas Will Also Be Supplied in Sancheong-gun

Oksan-ri and Over 50 Households, Geumseo Agricultural and Industrial Complex Begins

38.4 Billion KRW Invested, 2,400 Households by 2023

Gyeongnam Provincial Government Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Gyeongsangnam-do will supply city gas to Sancheong-gun starting from the 14th.

In accordance with the Ministry of Industry's city gas supply and demand plan finalized in December 2015, Gyeongnam Province signed a supply agreement in October 2018 with Sancheong-gun, Korea Gas Corporation, and the city gas supplier GSE.

Sancheong-gun, which was previously an area without city gas supply in the province, has completed trial operation and inspection, and the first supply will begin centered on about 50 households in Oksan-ri, Sancheong-eup, and the Geumseo Agricultural and Industrial Complex.

The province invested 38.4 billion KRW to establish the city gas supply system, including laying 19.53 km of supply pipelines and installing two supply management stations, and plans to install city gas in 2,400 households by 2023.

With the gas supply to Sancheong-gun, city gas will be supplied to all cities and counties in the province except Namhae-gun. Namhae-gun, which completed a county-level liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipeline project in April last year, provides LPG gas at a cost comparable to city gas.

Since 2015, Gyeongnam Province has been implementing a project to install city gas supply pipelines for single-family houses in areas where economic feasibility for pipeline installation is insufficient, supporting the demand facility contribution fee paid by residents as part of its own project.

The demand facility contribution fee is a fee paid in advance by users to the city gas company to receive city gas supply. This year, the project is being promoted on a scale of about 20 billion KRW for approximately 8,000 households.

In rural areas without city gas supply, the province has been implementing a village-level LPG small storage tank distribution project, supplying 2,220 households in 50 villages by last year, and plans to install tanks in 7 villages this year as well.

As of last year, the city gas supply rate in Gyeongnam was 78.9%. The province plans to continue its own projects such as starting gas supply to Hapcheon-gun and Sancheong-gun and installing city gas supply pipelines for single-family houses.

A provincial official said, "With the establishment of the supply system, households will benefit from fuel cost savings of about 150,000 KRW annually," adding, "City gas will also be supplied to Sancheong and Geumseo Agricultural and Industrial Complexes and Maechon General Industrial Complex, which is expected to promote corporate attraction and revitalize the local economy."

Kim Young-sam, Director of the Industrial Innovation Bureau, said, "The fuel cost burden of Sancheong residents will be reduced, and there will be improvements in welfare services and local economic revitalization," and added, "We will expand city gas supply so that residents can use it safely and conveniently."

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