Works of reviewing subsidy application cases and allocating fund were conducted during the period from December 2002 to October 2003. The total amount subsidized for 22.8 million liter LPG was 68.4 million NTD. Drop in number of unqualified application cases comparing to previous year indicated that the auditing work of this project improved dramatically the quality of application material submitted by the applicant. Six non-periodic site checks for LPG service station around the island were carried out this year and results of the site check was sent to Environmental Protection Administration. Information regarding the operation of LPG service stations and the number of in-use vehicles was collected. Service stations sold more LPG per month this year than previous years and were able to make profit. This outcome indicated that EPA’s subsidy strategy increased the willingness to use LPG vehicles. The number of LPG vehicles converted from vehicles met third phase emission standards increased comparatively than last year. The third phase LPG vehicles’ superiority to their gas vehicles counterpart in tail pipe emission according to the cross check of remote sensing data showed the quality of LPG vehicles was improved. Advantages and disadvantages of five proposals to promote the use of LPG vehicles were analyzed and given to this Administration as reference for future implementation.

LPG,Subsidy