２０００円付与、８月開始　節電ポイント制度―政府

　松野博一官房長官は２８日の記者会見で、電力会社が実施する節電プログラムに参加した家庭への２０００円相当のポイント付与について、８月中に開始する方針だと明らかにした。２０００円相当を付与した後、電力会社が各家庭の節電量に応じて支給するポイントに、国がさらに上乗せする。
　この取り組みは岸田文雄首相が２１日の物価・賃金・生活総合対策本部で打ち出したもので、電力コストを削減し、電力需給の逼迫（ひっぱく）に備えるのが狙い。（2022/06/28-12:13）

The Japanese government plans to launch in August a system under which households joining electricity-saving programs of power companies will receive initial basic reward points worth 2,000 yen, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at a press conference Tuesday.
   In addition to the basic points, the power companies will additionally give points to participating households according to the level of their power saving, and the government will provide extra points to the households.
   The point system, proposed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week, at a meeting of a government task force on comprehensive measures related to prices, wages and daily lives, is partly aimed at preparing for a tightening of the electricity supply-demand balance.
   Meanwhile, Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of Komeito, the coalition partner of Kishida's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is calling for cutting electricity prices while sounding cautious about the program.
   "It would be meaningless if you suffer heatstroke as a result of saving electricity (for air conditioning)," he has said.