Guaranteeing the supply and reducing the burden, coal, electricity, oil and gas are all recruited (Rui Cai · Seize the epidemic prevention in one hand, promote development in the other hand (13))

Enterprises started to resume work and production, and coal, oil and gas demand increased accordingly. In order to ensure energy supply and reduce the cost of energy used by enterprises, a series of policies and measures have been introduced and implemented. The relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission pointed out that on the one hand, the cost of electricity and gas for enterprises is gradually reduced, and the price of domestic refined oil products is reduced in time to release more price reduction dividends; Strengthen the connection of production and transportation needs, optimize the operation and adjustment, and solve the difficulties and problems in time.

Reduced corporate electricity costs by 59 billion

Reduce electricity bills by 5%! The National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice on February 22, starting from February 1, 2020 to June 30, to gradually reduce the cost of electricity used by enterprises and support their resumption of production and production.

"This policy clearly includes users in the current general industrial and commercial electricity prices and large industrial electricity prices, except for users in high-energy-consuming industries. When calculating electricity bills, grid companies uniformly charge these electricity users at 95% of the original household electricity price level. Settle electricity bills, "said Zhang Manying, a first-level inspector of the Price Division of the National Development and Reform Commission.

At the same time, the National Development and Reform Commission proposed reducing and exempting the capacity (demand) electricity tariffs of key "two-part" power users. The supportive two-part tariff policy that was launched on February 7 will be implemented until June 30, 2020.

According to the policy, for those enterprises that cannot start or resume work temporarily during the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the capacity (demand) amount of electricity price billing method change period and capacity reduction (pause) period are relaxed, and power users can apply for capacity reduction, suspension, and capacity reduction. Resume, pause resume. Users who apply for changes are not subject to conditions such as "suspending electricity for at least 15 days", and are exempted from charging for capacity (requirement) electricity. For those enterprises that have stopped production or stopped production since the outbreak, the time can be appropriately reduced. For enterprises that need to expand their production capacity to meet the epidemic prevention and control, if they originally chose to pay the capacity (demand) electricity cost according to the contract's maximum demand, the actual maximum usage will not be limited by the contract's maximum demand.

"The above two policies cover a very wide range and are very intensive, involving an amount of 59 billion yuan." Zhang Manying said.

Early off-season price policy

“Within the framework of the current natural gas price mechanism, implement off-season price policies in advance to reduce the cost of gas for enterprises as much as possible.” In response to the demand for gas by enterprises, the National Development and Reform Commission has clarified specific cost reduction policies, valid until June 30, 2020.

According to reports, in general, the off-season price policy for natural gas is implemented from mid-March to mid-November. This time, the off-season price policy will be implemented in advance, and greater price discounts will be given before the end of June.

The policy is clear. For non-residential gas that implements the government-guided price, the price should be appropriately lowered based on the benchmark gate station price to reduce the price level as much as possible. For non-residential gas that has been released, the gas production and operation enterprises are encouraged to comply with the market. The situation has fully negotiated and communicated with downstream gas companies to reduce the price level.

"At the same time, more preferential gas supply prices will be given to industries such as chemical fertilizers that are involved in agricultural production and have been affected by the epidemic." Zhang Manying said that the local government should promptly reduce the terminal sales price of non-residential gas and timely reduce the price of door-to-door links. Fully transmitted to end users to ensure the implementation of policies.

Zhang Manying introduced that in addition to the "two reductions", there is also a "downward adjustment", that is, the reduction of domestic refined oil prices. According to the provisions of the refined oil price mechanism, domestic gasoline and diesel prices are in line with international crude oil prices, and are adjusted every 10 working days based on changes in international oil prices. According to recent changes in international oil prices, domestic refined oil prices have been lowered twice on February 4 and February 18. Cumulative reduction of 835 yuan per ton of gasoline and 805 yuan of diesel per ton.

"We have put forward requirements for local and related enterprises to ensure that the policy dividends are put in place in a timely and comprehensive manner, so that enterprises have a sense of gain." Zhang Manying said.

Ensure that the country's energy supply is not short

According to Lu Junling, director of the National Energy Administration's Coal Division, after the outbreak, the National Energy Administration mobilized the entire industry to ensure that the country's energy supply is not short and continuous.

"Recently, we have accelerated the resumption of coal mine production and production and ensured stable supply of coal as the focus of energy security. We have achieved remarkable results." Lu Junling said that as of February 22, the nation ’s coal mines in production had a capacity of 3.17 billion tons. The recovery rate reached 76.5%, and the daily output was 8.33 million tons. All three figures have almost doubled since February 1. Except for Hubei Province, other coal-producing provinces have resumed work and production. Among them, 6 provinces, such as Hebei and Anhui, have resumed production with a return rate of more than 90%.

Tang Shemin, Level 2 Inspector of the Operation Bureau of the National Development and Reform Commission, pointed out that most of the coal and oil refining companies in the country have basically resumed production and resumed production. Electric power and oil and gas exploration companies have maintained continuous production operations. Railway transport companies give priority to the transportation of key materials such as coal. Oil and gas supply is generally sufficient. By February 20th, coal storage for power plants nationwide could be used for 27 days, and 5.35 million tons of coal stored in Qinhuangdao Port were at a relatively high level. In early and mid-February, the country's average daily power consumption was 14.3 billion kilowatt hours, with a maximum load of about 690 million kilowatts. The power generation capacity was sufficient, and the supply of electric coal was stable, which can fully meet the needs of epidemic prevention and control and resumption of production.

"The supply of refined oil is generally stable and orderly, and the inventory is at a high level. The main natural gas supply companies' LNG tanks are at a high level, and sufficient gas storage is available for gas storage." Tang Shemin said that in the next step, with the orderly resumption of production and production in various regions The demand for coal, electricity and oil will gradually pick up. The National Development and Reform Commission will continue to pay close attention to the changes in the supply and demand situation of coal, electricity, oil and gas, strengthen the connection between production and transportation needs, optimize operation and regulation, and solve difficulties and problems in a timely manner.

"In short, we have full confidence in the resumption of work and production, and the guarantee of energy supply for the stable operation of the economy and society and the lives of the people." Tang Shemin said.

Our reporter Qiu Haifeng