Due to the superposition of the highest extreme high temperature in the same period in history, the least precipitation in the same period in history, and the highest power load in the same period in history, Sichuan, a major economic province, is facing a severe situation in ensuring power supply.
The water level at the confluence of the Three Rivers of the Leshan Giant Buddha continued to drop.
Photo by Zhang Lang
At 0:00 on August 21, Sichuan launched the first-level emergency response to energy supply guarantee for emergencies. This is also since the General Office of the Sichuan Provincial Government issued the "Emergency Plan for Energy Supply Guarantee in Sichuan Province (Trial)" in January 2022. For the first time, Sichuan has launched the highest level of emergency response.
The purpose of this emergency response is to go all out to ensure safety, people's livelihood, and key points, try our best to reduce the impact on the province's economic development and people's production and life, and resolutely win the battle to ensure power supply.
On the evening of the 20th, Tan Hongen, chairman of the State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company, revealed in an interview with the media that the recent power-saving actions of the whole society in Sichuan have achieved certain results. More than 10,000 kilowatts, "I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for the actions of the general public to save electricity and use electricity off-peak."
Extremely hot weather continues,
Why has the electrical load dropped?
The reason behind it is so heartwarming...
Each person saves "one degree of electricity"
"The more extreme the conditions are, the more it is necessary for the general public to practice a green, low-carbon and simple lifestyle, and work together to win the tough battle of 'to meet the peak and spend the summer'." Friend's Proposal for Saving Electricity - Saving 1 kWh of electricity per person per household, I will contribute to a civilized city", advocating citizens to save electricity with practical actions.
"Sichuan Province Emergency Plan for Energy Supply Guarantee for Emergencies (Trial)" pointed out in terms of power dispatch: "The electric power working group immediately started the plan, started the emergency generator car, and firstly met the electricity demand of urban and rural residents, important users and regions; The affected power production enterprises organize production according to the maximum production capacity and make preparations for emergency calls; the State Grid Corporation quickly organizes the power dispatch of emergency lines, and when the power of the power grid at the same level cannot meet the emergency supply, it immediately coordinates external resources to ensure supply."
Some lights in Chengdu shopping malls are turned off, and the temperature of air conditioners is turned up.
Photo by He Shaoqing
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Actively let electricity to the people!
Chengdu Metro opens "power saving" mode
In the Chengdu Metro, the reporter saw that many stations have closed some automatic ticket machines, the station lighting brightness has been reduced compared with the past, and the light box billboards have been turned off.
Lightbox billboards in the Chengdu Metro were turned off.
Photo by He Shaoqing
Optimize the lighting mode, turn off some equipment and facilities, optimize the temperature of the air conditioner, and optimize the driving organization... It is understood that from August 15th, Chengdu Metro will cancel the setting of the forced cooling of trains, and optimize the target temperature of the trains on the entire line.
From August 17th, on the premise of not affecting the safe travel of passengers and the passenger service of the station, the lighting in the public area of the line network station will turn on the "power saving mode".
Some lights were turned off in the Chengdu Metro.
Photo by He Shaoqing
Party and government organs, enterprises and institutions take power-saving measures
Faced with the shortage of electricity, Sichuan party and government organs, enterprises and institutions have adopted a series of measures to save energy, use electricity in an orderly manner, and make electricity available to the people. At the same time, Sichuan Provincial Library, Sichuan Art Museum, Chengdu Museum, Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum, Chengdu Jinsha Venues such as heritage museums have also issued closing notices and suspend their opening to the public.
In addition, some colleges and universities in Sichuan Province also responded positively, taking measures such as temporarily closing some road lights on campus at night, temporarily limited opening of gymnasiums and libraries, and suspending the use of air conditioners.
The China Huashang Financial Center turned off some lights.
Photo by He Shaoqing
A relevant person in charge of a municipal museum told reporters that the museum had shut down elevators, air conditioners and large electrical equipment before closing, just to save more electricity.
In order to save electricity, some supermarket elevators are only half open.
Photo by He Shaoqing
Chengdu dynamically adjusts street lights and other lighting
In addition to large venues, Chengdu has also dynamically adjusted the opening and closing time and illumination of street lights:
Since the night of August 19, the 22,000 LED single-lamp control lighting facilities on the First Ring Road, Second Ring Road and Third Ring Road of Chengdu will operate at half power, which is expected to reduce electricity consumption by about 21,000 kWh per day;
Important arterial expressways are operated by turning off some street lights, which is expected to reduce electricity consumption by about 10,500 kWh per day;
Except for the above roads, the rest of the road lighting is operated by turning off some street lights, and it is estimated that the electricity consumption will be reduced by about 140,000 kWh every day;
After taking the above measures, it is estimated that more than 170,000 kWh of electricity can be saved every day.
Photo: Reduced street lighting in some areas of Chengdu.
Photo by He Shaoqing
Turn off most of the lights on Chunxi Road Pedestrian Street; turn off the twin towers light show; turn off outdoor advertising lighting... According to the data provided by the Chengdu Urban Management Committee, Chengdu has turned off 2,344 landscape lighting, 49,136 landscape lighting, and outdoor advertising lighting. 956.
Many places in Sichuan advocate residents to save electricity
In addition to Chengdu, Sichuan Dazhou, Bazhong, Guangyuan, Neijiang and many other places advocate residents to save electricity.
Dazhou, Sichuan: 3 hours of rolling power cuts per round Residential users implement orderly power cuts, and each line is planned to last about two and a half hours.
On the 17th, Sichuan Dazhou Electric Power Group Co., Ltd. continued to issue the "Orderly Power Reduction Notice", and the planned duration of each round of rolling power cuts was extended from 2.5 hours on the 16th to 3 hours today.
Bazhong, Sichuan: Set the cooling temperature to not lower than 26°C In the face of the severe situation of continuous high temperature and soaring electricity load, the relevant person in charge of the State Grid Bazhong Power Supply Company appeals: Enterprises use electricity scientifically and avoid peak electricity consumption in an orderly manner period; government agencies try to reduce the use time of air conditioners, and set the cooling temperature to not lower than 26°C; public utilities reasonably control the electricity consumption of landscape lighting, reduce the use or stop of high-power electrical equipment and non-essential lighting fixtures, and jointly protect the security of the power grid Reliable operation.
Guangyuan, Sichuan: Many large shopping malls responded to the call to make electricity available to the people
Starting from August 17, the State Grid Guangyuan Power Supply Company issued a notice to the large shopping malls in the urban area, calling on the commercial users with large electricity consumption in the urban area to use the electricity to the people, and various shopping malls, commercial streets and other places to reduce or close Air conditioners and elevators use electricity to ensure people's livelihood.
As of August 18, 37 large-scale commercial complexes in Guangyuan City, including Wanda Plaza, Yonglong Department Store, International Trade City, Easy Home, and Jinjie, have actively responded to the call of the local policy of letting electricity go to the people, helping the masses in the peak of electricity consumption. provide important support for stable electricity consumption.
Neijiang, Sichuan: Walking up and down the stairs within three floors promotes walking
Neijiang, Sichuan issued the Proposal for Practicing Civilized Electricity Conservation, advocating segmented operation of elevators in high-rise buildings or stopping at each floor, and walking up and down stairs within three floors to reduce elevator load.
Deyang, Sichuan: Encourage the general public to use natural light for lighting at home Deyang, Sichuan issued the "Proposal to the People of Deyang City to Save Electricity", encouraging the general public to use natural light and energy-saving electrical equipment at home as much as possible; set the temperature of the air conditioner reasonably and reduce the use time of the air conditioner and frequency; completely turn off the power when not in use to reduce standby power consumption.
Citizens spontaneously save electricity
"Turn off the lights in the hall on the first floor during the day, and you can see it if you don't turn on the lights during the day. To save a little bit of electricity and not waste electricity! I don't know if everyone agrees?" After it was not easy, a property manager issued an initiative in the community group, and the owners in the group responded one after another.
Property managers advocate electricity saving.
Photo by He Shaoqing
Wei Jinyan, a white-collar worker in Chengdu who works in an office building on Tianfu 2nd Street in Chengdu, said that his unit began to implement a "rotation system" on the 17th. The office does not have air conditioning and the number of lighting equipment is not more than one-third turned on.
"When I got home, I only turned on one air conditioner, and it turned on more than 28 degrees, because I knew that the electricity that was available now was all saved by the enterprise unit." Wei Jinyan said.
In-company power saving behavior.
(Puzzle) Photo by Wei Jinyan
National support for Sichuan
In response to the severe situation of the current shortage of power supply in Sichuan, the State Grid dispatched electricity across the province to the maximum extent to support Sichuan, and Shaanxi vacated the transmission channel to send electricity to Sichuan with all its strength. At present, the DC transmission channel from Baoji, Shaanxi to Deyang, Sichuan has been running at full power, sending electricity 1.32 per day. 100 million degrees, Gansu opened the 220 kV backup line from Longnan Zaoyang to Sichuan Guangyuan, and sent electricity to Sichuan.
Beijing, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Qinghai, Gansu... Since August 18, 13 provinces (cities) have supported Sichuan, and 50 emergency generators have arrived in Sichuan one after another. , to improve the emergency power supply guarantee capability under special circumstances.
At the same time, the Sichuan government departments coordinated the supply of coal in various ways. On the 18th, the coal storage in thermal power plants has reached 2.072 million tons, ensuring that Sichuan thermal power units are "stable and full."
Netizen: In order to save electricity, the people of Sichuan really worked hard
@Meteor smashed: In the 40-degree weather these days, the whole family has only turned on one air conditioner to save electricity for the country.
@月月: Before going to work, all the electricity except the refrigerator was cut off. I also did my best.
@ Luoxi Orange: In order to save a little electricity, I only turn on the air conditioner when I eat, and blow a small fan at other times.
@You are precious: The air conditioner and lighting in the office have all stopped.
@chenghongworm: Change the air conditioner to the fan, saving points is a point.
(Author: He Shaoqing, Zhu Huan, Wang Peng, Liu Zhongjun)