Andeokgeun, who conducted a preliminary inspection of power generation facilities, emphasizes "Thorough management of power supply and demand in summer"

Anduk Geun, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, inspected summer power facilities on the 21st and stated, "Even if exceptional situations occur, we will thoroughly manage power supply and demand during the summer period to ensure that there is no inconvenience to the public in using electricity."

On the same day, Minister Ahn visited the Jungbu Power Seoul Power Headquarters, a large-scale power generation facility in the metropolitan area, to check the summer preparation status at the power supply and demand site.

On the 21st, Andeok Geun, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, chaired the "Summer Power Supply Situation Inspection Meeting" held at the Seoul Power Generation Headquarters of Korea Midland Power, a large-scale power generation facility in the metropolitan area located in Mapo-gu, Seoul, to check the summer preparation status of the power supply field. He reviewed the status of reserve resources, emergency stage-specific measures, stable operation of nuclear power plants, and emergency output adjustment plans.

An official from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy explained, "Preventive measures are more important than anything else during the summer when risk factors such as heavy rain and typhoons persist. If a large-scale generator stops or there is a failure in transmission and transformation facilities, there is a risk of disruption in power supply, so we are comprehensively inspecting the status of pre-inspections of key power facilities."

On the previous day, the Ministry projected that the maximum power demand this summer could rise from 92.3GW to up to 97.2GW. In response, the power authorities have secured a supply capacity of 104.2GW.

The Ministry plans to activate emergency reserve resources step-by-step if reserve power becomes insufficient, and in case of unexpected crises such as typhoons or heavy rain, a rapid recovery system will be operated to minimize damage. Preventive measures including inspection and maintenance of large-scale power generation facilities such as nuclear power plants and transmission and transformation facilities are also planned to be completed by early July.

Meanwhile, the government has frozen electricity rates at the current level for the third quarter (July to September), when cooling demand surges in earnest. However, regarding city gas, which is still supplied at about 80% of cost, the government views the summer, when heating use is low, as the appropriate time to adjust rates to reflect actual costs, and is currently consulting among related ministries on whether to raise city gas rates on July 1.

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