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National Development and Reform Commission: Relying on institutional advantages and ensuring supply and price stability, my country’s energy prices are generally stable within a reasonable range
Guangming Net News (Reporter Ding Yubing) On January 13, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference to present the situation of securing energy supply and ensuring a warm winter.
Since last year, global energy prices have continued to fluctuate at high levels, especially European electricity and gas prices have skyrocketed, while my country relies heavily on energy imports. Under circumstances of such, how to ensure the basic stability of my country’s energy prices? In this regard, Lian Weiliang, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, presented that energy prices in the CPI of the United States and the Eurozone rose by 27% and 38% year after year from January to November last year. respectively, natural gas prices rose 26.6% and 56.5% year on year Electricity prices rose 12.9% and 36.3% year on year respectively. In stark contrast to this, my country has achieved overall stability of energy prices within a reasonable range by relying on the combination of institutional advantages and ensuring supply and stabilizing prices, despite the impact of the international market and the test of extreme weather. From January to November last year, the price of water, electricity and fuel for CPI residents in my country only increased by around 3%, and the increase in petrol and diesel prices was also significantly lower than that in Europe and the US . in particular, the price of electricity and gas for residents remained stable on the whole.
Lian Weiliang said that my country is a major energy producer, consumer, and importer. Under the severe external environment, it is not easy to achieve energy supply and price stability, especially price stability. In order to be able to achieve this, the key is to conscientiously implement the decisions and statements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, continue to strengthen the construction of the energy production, supply, storage and sale system, take energy supply and stability prices. as a systematic project, and take multiple measures to promote the implementation. focus on”:
One is to focus on increasing effective supply. Increasing supply is a prerequisite for stabilizing prices, and actively promoting the release of higher generation capacity and increasing energy production capacity. Supporting enterprises to produce to the best of their ability under the premise of ensuring safety and increasing effective supply. Strengthen transport coordination and do a good job in the connection between production and transport.
The second is to focus on improving the price mechanism. The scientific pricing mechanism is the core of fixed prices. Innovate and improve the price formation mechanism of the coal market, and clarify the reasonable range of medium and long-term transaction prices. Deepen the market-oriented reform of on-grid coal power electricity prices, and rationally adjust the on-grid coal power electricity price range. Adhere to the protection of people’s livelihood, strictly implement government prices for residential electricity, and implement a door-to-door pricing policy for residential gas within the scope of pipeline gas.
The third is to make good use of medium and long term contracts. Signing medium and long term contracts is an important measure to protect against the impact of price fluctuations. Encourage domestic enterprises to sign long-term import contracts early and lock import resources in advance. In order to comprehensively improve the contract performance rate of domestic long-term societies, it can be said that medium and long-term energy contracts have become a “ballast stone” to ensure supply and price stability.
The fourth is to focus on the key role of energy companies in securing supply. Several energy companies overcame difficulties and worked hard to increase production and supply. The government has done its best to help energy companies ease their difficulties, control costs through medium and long-term contracts, rationally control costs through the implementation of price policies, and increase fiscal, taxation and financial support to alleviate the operating difficulties per step effectively. some companies and ensure energy supply and price stability Good conditions have been created.
