[단독] Energy crisis this winter, special measures

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It seems that public institutions will face a colder winter than usual this year.

The government is preparing a plan to lower the internal heating temperature of public institutions by one degree compared to the previous one by 17 degrees.

And these measures are just the beginning.

First of all, reporter Kim Yoon-mi reported exclusively.

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The meeting on countermeasures for the trade deficit was held this morning.

The Deputy Prime Minister of Economy suddenly raised the issue of energy saving.

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“As uncertainty about the future supply, demand and price of energy is high, we will come up with a plan for energy savings and efficiency improvements in the near future.”

what kind of countermeasure?

As a result of the MBC coverage, it was confirmed that the government is seriously considering lowering the internal heating temperature of public institutions this winter from 18 degrees to 17 degrees.

The “Energy Regulations of Public Institutions” created in 2011 stipulates that the cooling temperature of public institutions in the summer should be 28 degrees or higher and the heating temperature in the winter should be 18 degrees or less.

This means that we will lower it by one degree.

The reason the government is doing this is because there are concerns about a global energy crisis this winter.

In particular, natural gas is a problem.

As Russia restricts gas supplies to Europe, natural gas prices have increased eightfold compared to two years ago.

There is an emergency in heating in the winter.

For energy such as heating and cooling in Korean buildings, electricity accounts for 52% and city gas 40%.

Although the government is reducing its electricity and gas tariffs, it cannot reduce demand in this way.

A head of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy said: “In the end, we have to reduce demand through energy savings.” He said: “We plan to present a savings target first to public institutions and to the private sector, even the sector will campaign”.

It’s not just Korea.

Europe is already in a semi-war situation.

Germany started turning off the lights of Berlin’s famous Brandenburg Gate, which was lit for 24 hours, starting at 12:00, and decided to limit the internal temperature of public buildings to 19 degrees.

Switzerland is also considering a criminal penalty for failing to comply with the 19-degree heating temperature in public institutions.

I’m MBC Kim Yoon-mi.

Kim Kyung-bae video coverage / Park Hye-rin video editing

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