Hwaseong City Expands Efforts to Resolve Urban Gas Supply Gaps

[Suwon Ilbo=Lee Su-won Reporter] Hwaseong City is implementing its 2024 urban gas pipeline installation support project to expand energy welfare, including universal energy access centered on consumer needs.

The project provides support for urban gas pipeline installation in areas without urban gas supply. The total project cost of 2.614 billion won comprises provincial funding of 184 million won, city funding of 184 million won, and 2.246 billion won from urban gas operators.

Target areas are regions selected as supply alternatives in Gyeonggi Province's comprehensive support plan for urban gas non-supply areas, coordinated with Hwaseong City and Samcheonri City Gas. Urban gas connection pipelines will be installed in three locations: 120 households in Maehwa-ri area of Seosin-myeon, 80 households in Gicheon-ri area of Paltan-myeon, and 40 households in Sinnam-ri area of Namyang-eup.

The city has been laying pipes for urban gas supply to Seosin-myeon since 2022, and it is expected that urban gas supply will be provided to households for the first time this year through this project.

The city plans to begin construction in Namyang-eup this month and aims to complete the pipeline installation by the end of the year.

Jung Hee-seok, director of the New and Renewable Energy Division, said, "Through this project, urban gas will be supplied to Seosin-myeon for the first time this year, where the urban gas penetration rate was 0 percent," and added, "We will continue to cooperate with Samcheonri Co., Ltd., our urban gas operator, to address energy welfare imbalances between the eastern and southwestern regions."