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This sentence is incorrect because it says all four nuclear plants went through their construction processes during the martial law era. Taiwan’s martial law era ended on July 15, 1987. But the Nuclear Safety Commission says it issued the construction permit for the fourth nuclear power project (Lungmen) in 1999, well after martial law had ended. So even if some planning for Lungmen predated democratization, its construction process did not take place entirely during martial law.

That means the statement is too broad: it may fit the first three plants better than the fourth, but it is not accurate as written for all four plants.

This claim is contradicted by Taipower’s own published data. On its official Smart Grid "Green Energy" page, Taipower says that part of Taiwan’s installed solar, wind, geothermal, and hydro capacity was "installed by our company." The same page names Taipower-operated renewable assets such as Tainan Salt Field PV, Zhangbin Field PV, Changgong Wind Farm, Changung Offshore Wind Farm, Renze Geothermal Field, and Lanyang hydro power.

So it is inaccurate to say renewable generation is the only thing Taipower does not own. Taipower clearly owns and operates multiple renewable-energy assets.

This is false on its face because Taipower’s official materials show that the company generates electricity from renewable sources too, not just LNG, coal, and nuclear.

Taipower’s Smart Grid "Green Energy" page says the company itself has installed 0.38 GW of solar, 0.442 GW of wind, 0.84 MW of geothermal, and large amounts of hydro capacity. Those are generation assets owned by Taipower and producing electricity. Since Taipower operates renewable generation, it is incorrect to say all of the electricity it generates comes only from LNG, coal, and nuclear.

This is inaccurate because Taiwan does not have 100% Taipower control of electricity retail.

The Energy Administration’s official list of renewable electricity retailers includes many non-Taipower companies alongside Taipower itself. That means retail has been at least partially opened: Taipower remains the public utility and still dominates the system, but retail is not literally 100% Taipower.

So the statement overstates Taipower’s monopoly by treating retail as fully exclusive when the government’s own records show numerous other licensed electricity retailers are operating.