Gyeonggi-do Priority 'RE100 Platform Construction' Delayed Beyond This Year?

Gyeonggi Provincial Government and Gyeonggi Provincial Assembly

The construction project of the ‘RE100 Platform,’ a key initiative of Gyeonggi Province, is likely to be postponed until next year.

The RE100 Platform is a system that collects and displays climate and energy-related data such as greenhouse gas emissions and absorption, and renewable energy generation across the entire province, established as the first of its kind nationwide in response to the climate crisis.

However, the Urban Environment Committee of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council announced on the 12th that it has cut the entire supplementary budget of 17.5 billion KRW allocated by Gyeonggi Province for the RE100 Platform construction and forwarded the matter to the Budget and Accounts Special Committee.

Kim Tae-hyung (Democratic Party, Hwaseong 5), a member of the Urban Environment Committee, pointed out, "The focus of the supplementary budget allocation is ‘revitalizing Gyeonggi’ and ‘supporting vulnerable groups,’ so it is questionable whether the RE100 Platform construction is urgent enough to require supplementary budgeting," adding, "The proposal was reported to the Provincial Council only a few days before it was submitted."

In response, a Gyeonggi Province official stated, "If the 13.5 billion KRW ecological conservation charge is not used up within this year, it must be returned to the national government, so we are promoting the Gyeonggi RE100 project by adding provincial funds," and added, "We will persuade the council members to restore the project budget at the Budget and Accounts Committee."

Gyeonggi Province commissioned the Gyeonggi Research Institute to complete the RE100 Platform construction by March 2025.

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