Will heating prices go up this winter? Are energy reserves sufficient?

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 20 -

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter

　　It's the heating season again.

With coal and other energy prices rising sharply and cold air coming early, will heating prices increase this year?

Is the heating temperature up to the standard?

Are coal, natural gas and other energy reserves sufficient?

In this regard, the reporter conducted an investigation.

The warm house is also heart-warming, and many places are heated in advance to keep the "warm winter"

　　On the morning of October 20th, the reporter came to the Mingzhu Community in Yunding, Urumqi, Xinjiang, and randomly entered a house. The house was warm and warm. The thermometer on the table showed that the indoor temperature was 24.6 degrees Celsius.

　　"Heating this year is earlier than before." Pang Lei, who is busy at home, told reporters that he is quite satisfied with the current heating, and the problem of heating has been solved quickly.

Hu Xin, director of the Party and Government Office of the Gas and Heating Guarantee Service Center of Urumqi City Administration (Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau), said, "This year we will start heating one week in advance to ensure that the people's houses are warm."

　　Facing the cold wave, many parts of the country have entered the heating season ahead of schedule.

　　Starting from September 21, Daxinganling, Heihe, Hegang, Qitaihe, Jiamusi, Mudanjiang, Daqing and other places in Heilongjiang Province have made dynamic adjustments, ranging from 1 to 14 days in advance, and opening the plug for heating.

With the heating of Harbin City on October 16, Heilongjiang Province has entered the heating season in an all-round way.

　　"In early October of the previous year, it was windy outside and people wrapped quilts in the house. This year, my house became warmer from October 1st, and the heating was half a month earlier than usual." Chen Lanxiang, a resident of Dalate Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Say.

In order to warm residents' homes one day earlier, Ordos City changed its previous heating plan on October 15 this year, and some municipal flag districts began heating on September 28.

　　Yulin, a city in northern Shaanxi, took the lead to start heating on October 20, 10 days earlier than in previous years.

The reporter learned from the Yulin City Heating Company in Shaanxi Province that since last year, the Yulin urban area has formed a multi-heat source networked heating, and at the same time it has backup heat sources, and implements unified deployment to protect the needs of citizens.

This year, the urban heating area of ​​Yulin City is more than 25 million square meters, which can meet the heating needs of nearly 210,000 households.

Li Bingmao keep heating, "temperature rise" will not increase prices this winter

　　"At present, the house is about 20 degrees Celsius. I heard that the price of coal is very high this year, but the heating fee is still 27 yuan per square meter. There has been no price increase in the past few years. I hope to have a warm winter." said Li Haitao, a citizen of Changchun, Jilin. .

　　The person in charge of the heating department in many places said that in the case of rising coal prices, it will ensure the stability of residents' heating costs.

　　"Although it is difficult, our heating fee will not increase. On the one hand, the coal storage rate of heating enterprises in Shenyang has been continuously increasing; on the other hand, the city is implementing emergency reserves of 350,000 tons of coal to ensure the smooth operation of the heating season this winter. "Shenyang City Public Utilities Development Center Party Secretary Huang Dianzhong said.

　　In Baiyin, Gansu, Baiyin Tongcheng Thermal Power Co., Ltd. is mainly responsible for the heating work in Baiyin District, Baiyin City.

The company’s deputy general manager Zhang Deqian introduced that due to the use of combined heat and power, the pressure brought about by the shortage of coal resources has little impact on the company.

At the same time, although the heating source price has risen, the company has assumed this part of the cost pressure and has not passed the price fluctuations to users. The monthly heating cost of residential houses in Baiyin District is still maintained at 4.4 yuan per square meter.

　　In order to do a good job in guaranteeing heating this winter, all localities will be deployed in advance to make various preparations before heating.

　　Beijing urban management departments and heating companies focus on the heating quality of old communities, strengthen inspections, prepare spare parts and spare equipment, and improve emergency plans and rescue team construction to deal with extreme weather, energy supply, facility failures, etc. Unexpected situation.

　　As the largest heating company in Ningxia, the heating company under the National Energy Group Ningxia Electric Power Company has completed the water injection cycle of the heating area pipe network, and began to gradually carry out the cold cycle and system exhaust on October 8th, October 20th It has warmed up and started to test heating.

Up to now, the heat source side units and heating side equipment have been operating well, with a coal inventory of 450,000 tons.

Only by ensuring energy supply can the heating have confidence

　　According to the plan, Liaoning Province will officially provide heating on November 1.

At present, the renovation and maintenance work of heating enterprises in the province has been completed before heating, and they have entered the stage of trial heating operation.

Chen Aiguo, general manager of Shenyang Xinbei Thermal Power Co., Ltd., said, "The company now stores more than 1 million tons of coal, which is more than 2/3 of the coal needed for the entire heating season. We are confident that we will ensure the quality and quantity of the people's'temperature' this winter."

　　Recently, coal prices have risen rapidly, hitting record highs in succession, and various heating companies in various regions have taken various measures to ensure coal supply.

　　The reporter visited and found that in Changchun City, the coal pile outside the Guoxin Heating Group's site was five or six meters high.

"The current coal reserves in the factory area are about 100,000 tons. Since August, the company has been buying coal every day. Although the current price of coal is very high, in order to ensure that people’s homes are heated on time, the group buys coal without cost. 'Yes, as long as there is a suitable coal source, buy it.” said Lang Lishuang, deputy general manager of Guoxin Heating Group.

　　As the venue for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics snow project, Chongli District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province will officially provide heating on October 20th.

"As of October 20, the company has stored coal of 1,700 tons, which can be used until November 1. In the future, coal will be mined and transported to ensure the winter coal consumption in the city." Zhangjiakou Chongli District Fenghui Heating Co., Ltd. Office Director Zhang Yanwei said.

　　But at the same time, the "coal price has risen steadily", which has also increased the cost of heating companies. There is still pressure to maintain coal supply in the future, and some heating companies have also expressed concerns.

"The price of coal has risen incredibly now," said the person in charge of a large private heating company.

In Datong City, Shanxi, coal with a calorific value of more than 4,000 kcal has risen from 330 yuan per ton last year to 1,250 yuan per ton.

　　Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission stated that it will make full use of all necessary means stipulated by the price law to study specific measures to intervene in coal prices, promote the return of coal prices to a reasonable range, promote the return of the coal market to rationality, ensure a safe and stable supply of energy, and ensure that the people Warm for the winter.

　　Zhang Yisheng, deputy director of the Urban Construction Division of the Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of Gansu Province, said that under the current national policy control, the energy shortage has eased compared with before. Ensuring heating is a major issue of people’s livelihood.” (Note-holder: Li Xiaoting; participating reporters: Gu Yu, Qiang Yong, Zhu Wenzhe, Li Dian, Wang Bingkun, Bai Yongquan, Wang Mingyu, Cui Hanchao, Luo Xin, Qin Jing, Yu Yao, Su Xing, Sun Liangquan, Li Hua, Lei Xiaoxiao)