 The 2016 election was won by the Pan-Green Coalition with policies that included a move toward a nuclear-free society, and is considering legislating to phase out nuclear power generation within nine years.The 2018 referendum shown a decisive victory of pro-nuclear movement, where 59% of voters rejected the idea of nuclear-free society and phase-out of nuclear power.Nuclear energy is controversial, and the privatization of the energy market (with Taipower that is owned by the state), originally planned in 2001, has been postponed to 2006.