Taiwan's opposition KMT is pushing a referendum to scrap the ruling party's nuclear-free policy, framing electricity as a national security and AI-competitiveness issue.

• Taiwan's election commission approved only one of three opposition-backed referendums — the one to repeal the nuclear-free homeland policy — rejecting proposals on caning and traffic fines.
• The KMT plans a hundred local campaign events plus short-video pushes, timed to run alongside the year-end elections.
• Its pitch: no power means no computing power, and no computing power means no AI or high-tech industry.
• The KMT says shutting nuclear plants left Taiwan leaning too heavily on imported natural gas, putting energy security on one fragile supply line.
• The party is also attacking the election commission for blocking the other two questions, arguing voters, not officials, should decide what counts as major policy.

Outlook: The nuclear referendum will be fought alongside Taiwan's year-end elections, turning energy policy into a proxy battle over the DPP's record and the island's AI ambitions.