What kind of changes will the ladder price bring?

The State Council recently approved the “Opinions on the Key Work for Deepening Economic System Reform in 2012” of the National Development and Reform Commission, which pointed out that the electricity price reform is being steadily promoted, the residents’ ladder price reform plan has been implemented, trials for bidding for electricity prices and transmission and distribution price reforms have been launched, and the sales price classification reform has been promoted. We will improve the pricing mechanism for hydropower, nuclear power and renewable energy. Analysts said that by leveraging the ladder price of electricity to rationally allocate electricity demand for residents, this is undoubtedly a big improvement over the previous single electricity price.

The reform of electricity prices is imperative. The reform of electricity prices has always been the most central and sensitive part of the reform of the electricity system. For various reasons, the new round of reform of electricity prices that was originally planned to start in 2003 has not taken a substantial step. During this year's ** period, Peng Sen, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, has said that the residents' ladder price will be fully implemented in the country in the first half of this year. The transfer of the "opinions" by the State Council indicates that the reform of electricity prices has been started again after stagnation for 10 years.

In fact, reforms in the energy sector have become the focus of this year's economic restructuring. Including the power system reform, electricity price reform, refined oil market reform, and natural gas price reform have all been incorporated into it, and the reform will gradually advance. Among them, the reform of electricity prices is at the forefront of the reform of the electric power system. How to rationalize the long-term relationship between supply and demand of coal-fired power and ease the contradictions in the price of coal-electricity is particularly attracting attention.

Compared with the substantial increase in coal prices year after year, the increase in electricity prices has been very stable. After coal-electricity linkage was implemented in 2004, the price of coal rose rapidly several times, while the price of electricity only made several adjustments, and the increase rate did not exceed 40%. China Electric Power International Co., Ltd. Chairman Li Xiaolin pointed out during this year's ** period that due to the continuous rise in coal prices in recent years, thermal power companies have suffered serious losses, their power generation enthusiasm has been frustrated and even normal power generation cannot be maintained, and the growth of effective power generation capacity has shrunk.

In this context, the former vice president of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Yan Bingren, believes that market coal and planned electricity can never be successfully linked and must be solved by reforms. It is necessary to rationalize the mechanism of electricity price formation, use bidding methods to form the price of the Internet, and use competitive methods to form prices for electricity sales at the supply end, which will ultimately benefit consumers.

The price ladder has been fully launched As early as June 1st and December 1st last year, the National Development and Reform Commission has twice raised the price of electricity nationwide. In the short term, it has eased the contradiction of “coal power and top-of-the-road” and the rate of electricity price reform is also accelerating. Peng Sen also said earlier that the residential ladder price will be fully launched in the first half of this year, and it is not a province or two, but is generally the case across the country.

According to the ladder price plan announced by the National Development and Reform Commission, the residents' monthly electricity consumption is divided into three levels. The first level is the basic electricity, the second level is the normal use of electricity, and the third level is high-quality electricity. Electricity is determined according to the amount of electricity used to cover 80% of the residents. The second-level electricity is determined according to the household electricity used to cover 95% of residents. The price of first-order power price remained stable, and no adjustment was made. The price increase of second-rate power price was not less than 5 cents, and the price of third-order power price was increased by 3 cents. A free file is also added to provide 10 or 15 kWh free electricity to all urban and rural minimum-income households and five-guarantee households.

The industry believes that the key to the smooth implementation of the reform of the ladder price is the ladder base, especially the first two most important. If the criteria are set to be accurate, the impact will be small, and the pressure will be too great for the people. In addition, if the average in accordance with a wide range of the average is certainly not acceptable, this is because: First, China's temperature span is large, the South and North are different, some northern regions can basically not use air conditioning in the summer, and most areas have to use cold air-conditioning; Second, Different electricity habits, some areas need to bathe a day, bathe more, more laundry, more electricity, and some areas can be washed for longer; Third, different cities and rural areas, the city is relatively speaking Electricity is greater than rural areas. If there is no uniform regional average, it will inevitably create an imbalance, and many families will have to increase their burden.

Encourage savings and promotion of energy-saving emission reductions After implementing the ladder price, what impact will the residents have on daily life and electricity bills? According to industry sources, the electricity consumption of the residents accounts for less than 12% of the total electricity consumption of the entire society, and only a small proportion of these people are affected, and the proportion is small. Therefore, the ladder price can fully meet the basic electricity needs of residents.

“But the people still have a lot of concerns and worries, and even talk about price changes.” Yu Fenghui, a well-known financial commentator, said that the fact that price reform is equal to price increases for a long time has caused people to be daunted. If the residents’ ladder price is fully pushed, the overall price level will not increase, and the burden on the low- and middle-income people will remain flat or reduced. Then, the “curse” that will change the price will be broken, and the ladder price will be implemented. It will become an example. The demo effect in the public is very large, and the public support for resource pricing reforms will increase.

However, as people's living conditions improve, the living area continues to increase, the number of household appliances increases, and the capacity increases, the power consumption is rising in a straight line. In this regard, Yu Fenghui said that the core of the price ladder is to use electricity as the standard, price as a means, and to encourage electricity conservation. For the purpose of saving electricity and electricity, families with low electricity consumption should be given price concessions. Many even enjoy the punitive price of luxury enjoyment, in fact, the structural adjustment of electricity prices based on electricity consumption as a standard.