Gurye-gun Operates Carbon Point System with Cash Refunds

Recruitment of Participants for the Carbon Point Program and Incentive Distribution

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok] On the 13th, Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it paid incentives totaling 2.9 million KRW to 155 households that reduced energy consumption among subscribers of the Carbon Point Program.

The Carbon Point Program is a nationwide greenhouse gas reduction practice program that calculates greenhouse gas reduction rates based on reduced energy usage (electricity, city gas, etc.) in homes, commercial buildings, apartment complexes, schools, and provides corresponding incentives by awarding carbon points.

For participants in the Carbon Point Program, the average energy usage of the same month over the past two years is compared with current energy usage. Depending on the reduction rate, incentives are paid twice a year (June and December) in cash or Green Card points: up to 35,000 KRW annually for reductions between 5% and less than 10%, up to 70,000 KRW annually for reductions between 10% and less than 15%, and up to 100,000 KRW annually for reductions of 15% or more.

The Carbon Point Program is available to those with meters that can verify energy usage or through other objective methods that confirm energy consumption.

Households wishing to subscribe to the Carbon Point Program can sign up on the Carbon Point Program website or apply in writing or by fax at the Gurye County Office’s Environment and Transportation Division or the town and township offices.

County Governor Kim Sunho stated, “In Gurye-gun, for new subscribers to the Carbon Point Program in 2022, we are providing ten 20L volume-based waste bags. We hope this voluntary greenhouse gas reduction activity will help respond to climate change.”

Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok hss79@asiae.co.kr

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