Established date: Apr.12,1996.

History of development:

Since 1990, the power supply had been shortage in Taiwan, especially during summer time. In order to meet the increasing power demand , the Ministry of Economic Affairs opened the market to the private independent power producers (IPPs) in 1995 .

In response to the government policy of private independent power plant, Formosa Plastics Corp.(FPC), Nan-Ta Plastics Corp.(NPC), Formosa Chemical-Fiber Corp.(FCFC) and Formosa Petrochemical Corp.(FPCC) co-invested and established a new company, Mai-Liao Power Corporation on April 12th,1996. Mai-Liao Power Corporation (MPC) gained the contract of 1,800MW capacity and became the biggest IPP in Taiwan. Commissioning date:FP1 was on June 1st,1999. FP2 was on September 9th,1999. FP3 was on September 23th,2000.