A few days ago, Gansu Provincial Government Information Office held ‘optimally adjust the industrial and commercial and other users of peak and valley time-sharing tariff policy’ and ‘promote the new era of Gansu energy high-quality development action plan’ and other policy interpretation of the press conference, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Energy Bureau, the State Grid Gansu Provincial Electric Power Company, and other departments were released. At the conference, the relevant person in charge of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission answered reporters' questions on the development and implementation of this policy.

Q: When will the province optimise the adjustment of industrial and commercial users such as peak and valley time-sharing tariff policy?

A: The province's policy of optimally adjusting the peak and valley time-sharing tariffs for industrial and commercial users will be implemented from 1 August 2024 onwards. This policy adjustment will be implemented by all industrial and commercial electricity users (except for electrified railway traction electricity) and agricultural production electricity users (except for agricultural drainage and irrigation electricity). Residents and electric heating users to implement the original provisions, not adjusted for the time being.

Q: What is the overall situation of electricity supply and demand in our province? What is the significance of this adjustment?

A: As of the end of May, the province's new energy installed capacity of 56.12 million kilowatts, accounting for 61.7% of the total installed capacity of the entire network, becoming the province's first major power source. In the accelerated development of new energy at the same time, power supply and demand relationship from the shortage of time to time to change the shortage of power supply in general loose, individual periods of shortage. In the province, power generation, power distribution is not balanced, Hexi transmission capacity is insufficient, new energy, especially photovoltaic utilization rate decline and other new problems.In order to adapt to the province's large-scale development of new energy, power supply and demand situation changes, system load characteristics of the new situation and new requirements, give full play to the role of time-sharing tariff signals, better service to new energy as the main body of the construction of new power systems, the province in accordance with the national time-sharing tariff mechanism to improve the requirements of the peak and valley time-sharing tariff policy to further optimise the adjustment. This time period adjustment, better reflect the power supply and demand in our province and the operation of the status quo, more accurately reflect the net load characteristics of the power system, better protection of power generation, electricity security on both sides of the electricity.

Provincial Development and Reform Commission responsible person said, our province will continue to promote the improvement of the construction of the power market mechanism, optimise the tariff formation mechanism, and promote the high-quality development of the energy industry.