Development and Reform Commission re-issued to stimulate the consumption of commercial electricity price cut


Stimulating domestic demand, stimulate consumption, the Government has once again reduced below the requirements of commercial electricity consumption, industrial and commercial use of electricity with the price.

General Office of the State Development and Reform Commission issued a "do a good job on the commercial and industrial electricity, water issues related to the work of the same price notification" (hereinafter referred to as "notification"). This is the second issued by government departments to require further work, commercial use of electricity with the price of water.

"Notice" requirements, which have not yet attained the same commercial and industrial electricity prices provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) should conscientiously do a good job of commercial and industrial electricity prices with the implementation of the program, combined with sales price adjustments, as soon as possible with the use of electricity by industrial and commercial enterprises price; commercial and industrial use of electricity with the price of the implementation of the electricity price for industrial users, the same standards, use electricity price, such as the implementation of demand-side electricity management system. In view of the operating difficulties of the current large commercial enterprises, business users have not been on the implementation of the region use electricity price can be a stay of execution.

In the commercial, industrial water with the price issue, "notice" that, in addition to bathing, washing and other special water pricing should be separate categories, with other water to maintain a suitable post, the water supply around the price adjustment should be in accordance with the "Office of the State Council on the expansion of the consumer to invigorate the circulation of opinions" (国办发[134] number), the follow the "compensation costs, a reasonable return, water conservation, fair pay" principle, the price of water to simplify the classification of the implementation of commercial use (the operation and service of water) and with the price of water for industrial use.

According to the power industry analyst at BOC International, introduced the study, in general, commercial electricity prices than the high price of industrial electricity consumption. Around the slight difference between the specific rate. This reporter has learned that business from the national point of view of the average electricity price of 1 yuan, industrial electricity prices than the regular (0.7 yuan) higher than about 43%. Therefore, the commercial price of electricity and industrial electricity down to levels consistent with commercial circulation enterprises will increase profits.

The reduction in commercial electricity prices will inevitably reduce the company's earnings power grid. The power industry analyst at Guotai Junan Wei said that the situation over the years, commercial use of electricity accounts for lower overall power consumption for about 2%, despite the reduced price of commercial electricity grid would reduce the company's revenue, but due to a lower proportion from the operational level point of view but easy.

Since August 20, 2008, the national power generation companies on average purchase price be raised by 2 cents per kilowatt-hour, power grid enterprises for the sale of electricity users do not adjust the price. According to sources the national grid, national grid, therefore a loss in 400 billion. Bank of China International Electric Power Industry analysts said the study, the reduction in commercial electricity prices will also be re-tightened the income grid.

It is reported that commercial and industrial electricity prices have been merged in 2008 have begun to put forward. At present, there are some provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) of commercial and industrial electricity consumption has the same directory as the implementation of the standard tariff. In the study, said the documents showed that the government once again in order to stimulate consumption, and service enterprises improve business conditions for the flow determination.
2009-07-03