Electricity “on the palm” may become a new trend in electricity energy consumption

China Energy Storage Network: A new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution is profoundly changing the underlying logic of human economic and social development - the interconnection of all things, human-machine interaction, the continuous dissolution of industry barriers, and the increasingly blurred industrial boundaries have made the trend of economic activities and corporate operations into an ecosystem more and more obvious.

It is not the competitors who defeat the company, and it is not the peers who subvert the industry, but the "irrelevant" cross-border players. In this era of change, every company in the game may have unprecedented opportunities, but it will inevitably experience the pain and challenges of how to adapt to the new normal and grasp the big trends.

If we ignore the changes in rules, refuse to embrace emerging things, stick to conservatism, and watch in hesitation, even a "giant" will become very fragile or even vulnerable in the face of the new situation where new businesses, new formats, and new models are constantly emerging and expanding rapidly.

How to avoid the trap of "not seeing, looking down on, not understanding, and being too late" and how to avoid the tragedy of "we did nothing wrong, but somehow we lost"? These have become the "soul questions" faced by every market player, including large enterprises.

The energy sector is no exception. With the accelerated breakthroughs in the application of revolutionary technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum communications, mobile communications, the Internet of Things, and blockchain, coupled with the attraction of the huge value and development potential of energy business, Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent, etc. have tried their hand in the energy industry. Energy companies are facing challenges from cross-border players.

Faced with the dilemma of "positions" being eroded and "pipelined", State Grid Corporation of China has given a clear and powerful solution: adhere to the right path and innovate, take responsibility, and comprehensively promote the construction of a world-class energy Internet enterprise with "three types and two networks". Actively adapt to the general trend of cross-border integration, take the construction of ubiquitous power Internet of Things as the main direction, further transform and upgrade traditional businesses, give full play to the platform and resource advantages of power grid enterprises, focus on expanding new markets, opening up new fields, creating new businesses, vigorously explore the huge blue ocean market of digital economy, transform the traditional kinetic energy relying on investment into a new development kinetic energy relying on technological innovation and model innovation, and constantly cultivate new growth points.

A key "pivot"

"Give me a fulcrum, and I can move the entire earth." The construction of a world-class energy Internet enterprise with "three types and two networks" also has its own key "fulcrum".

Based on the industrial attributes, we will build hub-type enterprises; based on the network attributes, we will build platform-type enterprises; based on the social attributes, we will build sharing-type enterprises; we will build a strong smart grid and a ubiquitous power Internet of Things. The two will complement each other and develop in an integrated manner to jointly constitute an energy Internet that integrates energy flow, business flow, and data flow; three types are the characteristics, and two networks are the foundation - this is a brief description of the "three types and two networks".

At present, the company's strong smart grid construction is already a world leader and will maintain its dominant position for a long time; however, the construction of ubiquitous power Internet of Things is still in its early stages and has become the most urgent and important task.

The key to comprehensively promoting the construction of a world-class energy Internet enterprise with "three types and two networks" is to accelerate the construction of ubiquitous power Internet of Things. The company's 2019 ubiquitous power Internet of Things construction plan clearly states that it is necessary to follow the idea of ​​"platform + ecology", take the creation of a smart energy comprehensive service system as a starting point, unify external business portals and entrances, achieve "flow diversion + empowerment", innovate and promote source-grid-load-storage collaborative services, actively build an energy Internet ecosystem, promote the "hundred flowers blooming" of emerging businesses, and drive the common development of upstream and downstream of the industrial chain.

In the Internet era, the "entrance" has magical power. Whoever controls the "entrance" will stand at the "outlet". For the ubiquitous power Internet of Things, which naturally carries the genes of the Internet and the Internet of Things, the importance of the "entrance" is self-evident.

On June 27, the company held a field meeting for the promotion of the "Online State Grid" APP in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. The meeting clearly pointed out that "Online State Grid" is not only the main entrance to the company's power supply services, but also the main entrance to the ubiquitous power Internet of Things. It carries the important mission of connecting customers, gathering resources, connecting supply and demand, innovating business forms, and building an ecosystem. It is an important foundation and support for the construction of the ubiquitous power Internet of Things on the customer side.

On July 15, at the company's 2019 mid-year work conference, Chairman and Party Secretary Kou Wei emphasized the need to deepen the construction of the "Online State Grid" unified platform, create an Internet service platform that aggregates customers, integrates businesses, and is open and shared, and realize online processing of all businesses and around-the-clock "one-stop" service.

It is undeniable that the integration of customer-side online service portals such as Palm Power, Dian E Bao, Smart Internet of Vehicles, Photovoltaic Cloud Network, and State Grid Mall has solved many problems such as "numerous information systems, repeated data entry, serious information islands and chimneys, every household investing in construction, every household lighting a cigarette, everyone building a system, and managing data at all levels". It has achieved the "Online State Grid" with full internal process connection, sharing and reuse of data resources, and "one-stop service" for electricity and energy-related businesses. It will play a vital role in the construction of a world-class energy Internet enterprise with "three types and two networks".

"Online State Grid" will be one of the key "fulcrums".

Clarify the value of the “fulcrum”

In terms of logical architecture, the ubiquitous power Internet of Things is divided into four levels: perception, network, platform, and application, which correspond to the four links of data collection, transmission, management, and value creation respectively.

From the perspective of customers and users, data collection, transmission and management are more of an internal company area. The value creation of data is closely related to them and can make them "feel it". And making customers and users "feel it" is the value and significance of "Online State Grid". It is a "bridge" and "bond" connecting customers, users and companies - needs and problems are imported from here, and product and service responses are output from here.

From the perspective of the company's internal structure, "Online State Grid", as the main entrance to the ubiquitous power Internet of Things, has reconstructed traditional business processes by moving payment and electricity services from offline to online, providing customers with better-quality and more convenient power supply services. By integrating and utilizing resources, it has promoted the development of emerging businesses such as integrated energy services, electric vehicle services, data commercialization services, industrial chain financial services, and energy e-commerce services. This is the key to the company's transformation into an energy Internet enterprise and will create more value for customers. By continuously aggregating energy-using customers, energy suppliers, energy service providers, government departments, and upstream and downstream enterprises in the energy industry chain to carry out exchanges and cooperation, we will explore the construction of an open, co-constructed, cooperatively governed, mutually beneficial and win-win energy Internet ecosystem.

From making traditional power supply services more high-quality and convenient, to the transformation of power grid companies into energy Internet companies, and then to the construction of an energy Internet ecosystem, "Online State Grid" fully explains the spiritual core of the company's 2019 "Two Sessions" - adhering to the truth, innovating, and taking responsibility.

Theories that have been verified by practice are more convincing.

Fan Litao, the person in charge of Zhejiang Sanying New Materials Co., Ltd. in Jiashan, Zhejiang, has a deep understanding of the convenience and quality of power supply services and the "palm-held" access to electricity. On May 8, Zhejiang Sanying New Materials Co., Ltd., which plans to set up a customer service center in Qingpu, Shanghai, submitted an application for increased power consumption to Jiashan County Power Supply Company of Zhejiang through the "Online State Grid" and received feedback from Shanghai Qingpu Power Supply Company on the same day. Fan Litao introduced that he only had to go once to apply for electricity, and it took less than 15 days from application to power supply, and he did not spend a penny. This is a common scene after Qingpu District of Shanghai, Wujiang District of Suzhou, Jiangsu, and Jiashan County of Jiaxing, Zhejiang were selected as the pilot demonstration areas for power integration in the Yangtze River Delta, realizing the "one-network acceptance, only one-time visit, and one-time completion" of non-residential related electricity consumption business.