One-third of approved thermal power project construction progresses lagging behind

The peak period of electricity use during the year is approaching.

Yesterday (June 13th), the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration deployed the 2012 national power peak summer work. They pointed out that it is necessary to place key living needs such as residents’ lives in an outstanding position and fully protect it, and stressed that residents should not be restricted. Electricity.

In addition, the National Energy Administration pointed out that at present, the construction of thermal power projects has slowed down, and one-third of the approved projects have lagging behind. However, the slowdown in power construction does not indicate changes in the economic structure and energy supply situation.

Can not pull people to use electricity National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Board clearly requested that all regions should continue to promote the power demand side of management, we must effectively protect the key power needs. At any time, it is necessary to put the key electricity needs of residents, such as residents' lives, in a prominent position and give full protection. In particular, we must emphasize that we cannot limit the electricity consumption of the people.

This reporter learned that in order to implement the requirements for electricity to meet the peak summer work, the National Development and Reform Commission requires that the “two-high” enterprises and industries with excess capacity be strictly controlled to reduce electricity demand for irrational use of electricity; , The timely release of electricity load, reduce unnecessary loss of power cuts; pay attention to the use of technical means to improve the standardization and refinement of orderly power.

Lu Junling, deputy inspector of the Economic Operation Regulations Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that in regions with large power shortages, the peak hours of electricity consumption can be used to organize the maintenance of some equipment that is difficult to sell, consume more power, and implement peak load shifting. .

According to statistics from the National Development and Reform Commission, during peak summer hours this year, the maximum daily electricity consumption may reach 15.5 billion to 16 billion kilowatt-hours, which is 3% to 6% higher than last year's peak, and the nation's largest electricity gap is about 18 million kilowatts. If there is an extreme situation such as sudden flooding in the flood season, long duration of high-temperature and high-humidity weather, the gap may further expand.

The construction progress of some thermal power projects is lagging behind the impact of thermal power business losses, financing difficulties, cyclical increase in the number of supporting documents obtained, and slowdown in power demand in recent years. Since this year, the progress of thermal power project construction has slowed down markedly. Actively, promote the slowdown of the work in the early period; compete for approval and start the construction slowdown.

According to statistics from the National Development and Reform Commission, in the first four months of this year, thermal power projects completed a total investment of 20.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 29.3%. In terms of construction progress, one-third of the approved projects are lagging behind in construction progress, and the capacity for new production dropped sharply. It can be put into production of about 18 million kilowatts, which is about 1/5 less than the annual average. More importantly, the scale of thermal power projects that have agreed to carry out preliminary work has reached 120 million kilowatts, but 55% of the project's preparatory working hours have exceeded 20 months, and it has been unable to meet the approval requirements.

“If the above situation is not reversed in a timely manner, it will affect the long-term and stable development of the power industry.” Lu Junling said that the current coal-powered oil and gas transportation and supply and demand situation has been slowing down, and the peak in summer peak demand has been relatively less than in previous years, neither indicating that China’s economy is extensive. The fundamental transformation of the mode of development does not mean that there is a major turning point in energy supply and demand. To a large extent, the current economic downturn pressure is greater, domestic and foreign markets have slowed down, and some energy-intensive industries have slowed down.

Under this background, the National Development and Reform Commission requires all localities to actively coordinate the contradiction between coal and electricity and oil and gas transportation, do a good job in coal production, transportation, import, procurement, emergency reserve, and other related work; properly handle the contradictions of sending and receiving electricity, and strengthen inter-provincial and regional resource optimization.

The growth rate of electricity consumption has significantly declined Recently, the growth rate of domestic electricity consumption is also declining. According to the statistics of the industry sector, the total social electricity consumption from January to May was 1.96 trillion kWh, an increase of 5.8% year-on-year, an increase of 6.2 percentage points. In Shanghai, Hubei, and Jiangxi, electricity consumption even fell in May.

Statistics also show that currently, the inventory of coal in the Bohai Rim has reached 20 million tons, and 93.13 million tons of coal have been stored in key national power plants, which lasted 28 days. Both of these indicators have reached the highest level in history.

Wei Pengyuan, deputy director of the Coal Division of the National Energy Administration, believes that the current decline in coal prices and the increase in inventories are mainly due to a number of factors such as the increase in economic downturn pressure, slowing demand growth, and insufficient demand for thermal power and increased hydropower generation.

·Simultaneous broadcast of the National Development and Reform Commission: The ladder price reform will be transferred to the organization's implementation stage. The National Development and Reform Commission said that as the local hearings have ended successively, the residents' ladder price reform has been transferred from the formulation stage to the organizational implementation stage.

"The implementation of the residents' ladder price system is a major institutional innovation in China's price sector," the National Development and Reform Commission pointed out. According to the reporter’s understanding, after the hearings from various regions, the main problems in the current ladder price scheme are: the first-stage battery power setting standard is low; household population factors and seasonal factors are not fully taken into consideration; the electricity standard area has large differences, and the eastern coastal areas are relatively different. High, lower in the central and western regions.

Lin Boqiang, an energy economist, told reporters: “The key issue is the determination of the first-grade battery power. Although the National Development and Reform Commission has set a coverage rate of 80%, it mainly relies on statistics from relevant government departments, especially at the hearing. There is a problem of information asymmetry in the relevant departments and residents."

The National Development and Reform Commission clearly pointed out that the issue of low first-line power standards, generally stated that they will be appropriately increased on the basis of the hearing program. The current first-rate power coverage has exceeded 80%; after a trial period of time, the ladder price system can be implemented. According to the power growth situation, the power standard will be adjusted in due course.