In recent years, in order to curb the blind development of high energy consumption and high pollution industries, reduce air pollution, improve energy utilization efficiency, and promote economic restructuring, the National Development and Reform Commission and relevant departments have successively introduced a series of electricity price regulation policies. With the approval of the State Council, in 2004, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Electricity Regulatory Commission implemented differential electricity price policies for six high energy consuming enterprises: electrolytic aluminum, ferroalloys, calcium carbide, caustic soda, cement, and steel. In 2006, two industries, zinc smelting and yellow phosphorus, were added, and the differential electricity price markup standard was gradually increased over three years. Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission has further raised the differential electricity price markup standards and decided to increase the electricity price markup standards implemented by restricted enterprises from the current 0.05 yuan to 0.10 yuan from June 1, 2010, and for eliminated enterprises from 0.20 yuan to 0.30 yuan. In order to encourage thermal power enterprises to install desulfurization facilities, improve the operation rate and efficiency of desulfurization devices, and strictly control sulfur dioxide emissions, in May 2007, the National Development and Reform Commission and the former State Environmental Protection Administration jointly issued the "Coal fired Power Plant Desulfurization Electricity Price and Desulfurization Facility Operation Management Measures (Trial)", which decided to increase the grid electricity price of coal-fired power plants with desulfurization devices by 1.5 cents per kilowatt hour. In order to effectively promote the power generation enterprises to "scale up and suppress small", and guide small thermal power units to transfer electricity to high-efficiency units, the country has determined unified grid benchmark electricity prices for water, thermal and electricity in different regions according to price zones. At the same time, the excess electricity price has been cancelled.

It should be said that the above-mentioned electricity price regulation policies have played an important role in restricting the rapid development of high energy consuming industries, phasing out outdated production capacity, encouraging power generation enterprises to accelerate environmental protection and desulfurization, and promoting economic structural adjustment and transformation of economic development mode. However, from the current situation, the above-mentioned policies have not been fully implemented, and there are still a large number of problems that violate national policy regulations, which are highlighted in the following ten aspects:

One is that some local governments and relevant departments, as well as some power grid enterprises, violate national policies and regulations by not implementing, delaying, or lowering standards to implement differential electricity pricing policies for high energy consuming enterprises;

Secondly, some local governments and their relevant departments have exceeded their management authority and unilaterally formulated and implemented preferential electricity prices for high energy consuming enterprises; Some of these places even issued preferential electricity price policy documents in the name of provincial governments or provincial price regulatory departments;

The third is to implement preferential electricity prices for relatively high energy consuming enterprises or industrial parks in the name of direct or bilateral transactions between electricity users and power generation enterprises without approval;

Fourthly, some local small power grids or self owned power plants violate power supply business regulations by providing preferential electricity prices to high energy consuming enterprises without authorization, resulting in the inability to fully implement differential electricity pricing policies and creating blind spots;

Fifthly, some power generation enterprises have implemented desulfurization electricity pricing policies in advance without passing the acceptance inspection of national or provincial environmental protection departments and the approval of price regulatory departments;

The sixth issue is that power generation enterprises enjoy the national desulfurization electricity price policy but do not operate desulfurization devices in accordance with regulations. The desulfurization devices start and stop intermittently, or even do not operate at all, but still settle the desulfurization surcharge based on the amount of electricity generated during the operation of the host;

The seventh is that power grid enterprises refuse to execute or fail to execute desulfurization electricity prices in a timely manner, or adopt measures such as reducing the settlement of grid electricity to lower the desulfurization electricity price standards in a disguised manner, or even deduct desulfurization electricity prices from power generation enterprises without authorization beyond their authority;

Eighth, power grid enterprises violate the national regulations on grid electricity prices by lowering or indirectly lowering the grid electricity prices of power generation enterprises;

The ninth is that power grid enterprises use excessive power generation, cross provincial and cross regional electricity trading, as well as using preferential electricity prices as a pretext to pass on the losses of preferential electricity prices and forcibly lower the grid electricity prices of power generation enterprises;

Ten is that after the state explicitly cancels the excess electricity generation price, some power grid enterprises still settle with power generation enterprises under the prescribed grid electricity price standard on the grounds of "excess electricity generation", and pay less grid electricity fees.

The existence of the above problems not only seriously undermines the seriousness of national policies and affects the effectiveness of policies, but also leads to redundant construction and blind development of high energy consuming industries. In recent months, the growth rate of high energy consuming industries and products has significantly accelerated, which is also one of the important reasons. If decisive measures are not taken in a timely manner to firmly stop it, it will seriously hinder the sustained and healthy development of the economy, and bring enormous pressure to resource conservation and environmental protection. Organizing a nationwide inspection of electricity prices, strictly implementing differential electricity pricing policies for high energy consuming enterprises, resolutely correcting local authorities for implementing preferential electricity prices beyond their authority, and seriously investigating and punishing power enterprises for not implementing national grid electricity and desulfurization electricity pricing policies are important measures to ensure the achievement of the energy conservation and emission reduction goals of the 11th Five Year Plan, practical actions to implement central decision-making and deployment, and specific manifestations of focusing on the center and serving the overall situation. They are not only very important but also very urgent.