Energy security is national security By Paul Liu 劉振乾 On Jan. 26, a group of eight legislators from Taichung, Changhua County and Changhua City, led by Deputy Legislative Speaker Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌), called for the generating units of the coal-fired Taichung Power Plant, which belongs to Taiwan Power Co (Taipower), to be decommissioned, but not demolished. They called for all 10 of the plant’s coal-fired units to be decommissioned by 2035, and for four gas-fired units to be built at the plant. When reporters asked Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) to comment, he criticized the proposal, saying that decommissioning the units without demolishing them would be sleight of hand.