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Public fees, which the government has suppressed for a long time, rise one after another because of inflation concerns.

From next month, electricity and gas rates will go up, much higher than expected.

It seems that a four-person household will have to pay about 3,700 won a month more than now for electricity and gas combined.



Today (27th), the first news, reporter Jang Hoon-kyung, will be delivered.



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A gym in Mapo-gu, Seoul.

Electricity and gas bills account for 30% of the monthly operating cost, from air conditioners, treadmills to shower room water heaters.



[Jung Tae-young / Gym Manager: I had high expectations because I wanted the corona (prevention regulation) to be lifted...

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As the price increases, the amount of money invested in exercise decreases.]



The burden will increase from next month.



This is because the government has decided to raise electricity and gas rates simultaneously.



The range of impressions also exceeded expectations.



First, the electricity rate rises by 5 won per kilowatt-hour.



We broke the expectation of a 3 won increase, which is the quarterly upper limit, and changed the KEPCO terms and conditions to increase the width of the increase.



The gas rate, which was supposed to only raise the settlement unit price, was also raised by 1.11 won per megajoule by raising the standard raw material cost.



Based on a four-person household, the monthly average electricity bill will rise by 1,535 won and gas bill by 2,220 won, which is expected to increase the burden by 3,755 won each month.



Although the price has been raised a lot, it is not enough to reduce the burden of the soaring raw material cost.



KEPCO is expected to record a deficit of 30 trillion won this year, but this increase will only reduce the deficit by 1.3 trillion won.



In the first quarter of this year, receivables amounted to 4.5 trillion won, and even if the KOGAS raises rates, it still falls far short of the import price.



[Seung-Hoon Yoo/Professor of Energy Policy, Seoul National University of Science and Technology: We only provided enough stamina to survive until the end of the year. It can be seen this way, and in the end, it seems that we will have to push for a large increase at the beginning of the year-end.



] He announced that he would increase the discount limit by 40% for 3.5 million households from the vulnerable class, including the disabled and basic recipients.



(Video editing: Hwang Ji-young, VJ: Jeong Young-sam)