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The Establishment Process of the Electric Power Control Policy during the 1920’s and the Early 1930’s

  • The Review of Korean History
  • 2012, (108), pp.145-190
  • Publisher : The Historical Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

JINSEOK OH 1

1배재대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This paper examines the establishment process of the electric power control policy(hereafter EPC policy) during the 1920’s and the early 1930's. The research about EPC policy has the important significance for ascertaining the characteristics of the industrialization and economic system during the Japanese rule. EPC policy was not suddenly enforced by inauguration of the Governor-General of Joseon of Ugaki Kazushige [宇垣一成] during the early 1930’s. The necessity of EPC policy had been indicated for the efficient development of hydro-electric power, and the enactment of Joseon Jeongi Saeopryeong[Joseon Electric Business Act] had been repeatedly tried to realize from 1920’s, but was not succeeded in. The sense of crisis of the business world of electricity was amplified as the movement of reducement of overall price of electricity was magnified to the municipalization movement. The business world of electricity thought that it must cooperate to establish the EPC policy and be guaranteed the local monopoly and the maintenance of private management by the Government-General of Joseon for the prevention of the municipalization movement. But government management theorists and private management theorists of electric power industry was conflicted. Finally both sides agreed to determine the basic principle that electric transmission mainline is government management, and the production of electric power, distribution of electricity and electric transmission branch line are private management. Exceptively appropriate cases are granted that integrated business of the production, transmission and distribution of electric power is managed by private companies. As a matter of fact, the primary principle is that the production, transmission and distribution of electric power is private management, and the secondary principle is that electric transmission mainline is government management. In this respect, existing researches have been emphasized that electric transmission mainline is government management, and the production of electric power, distribution of electricity and electric transmission branch line are private management, but this stand needs to be reconsidered.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.