In the first quarter, the total electricity consumption of the five southern provinces and regions was 320.3 billion kWh, maintaining a steady growth trend

China Energy Storage Network News: In the first quarter, the total social electricity consumption of the five provinces and regions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan served by China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd. was 320.3 billion kWh, maintaining a stable growth trend; the electricity consumption of the "three new" industries in the five provinces and regions increased rapidly, an increase of 43.9% year-on-year, and the electricity consumption of new energy vehicle manufacturing, Internet data services, and photovoltaic equipment and component manufacturing ranked in the top three, increasing by 164.4%, 97.7% and 66.6% year-on-year respectively; in the first quarter, China Southern Power Grid Company completed fixed asset investment of 21 billion yuan, an increase of more than 15% year-on-year.

Since the beginning of this year, the Party Committee of the State Grid Corporation of China has resolutely implemented the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, insisted on putting stability first and seeking progress in stability, and effectively responded to the complex situation of energy supply and demand at home and abroad and the impact of severe rain, snow and freezing weather disasters, effectively ensuring the safe and stable operation of the large power grid and the reliable supply of electricity. The main operating indicators have been stable and improved, achieving a "stable start", and laying a solid foundation for achieving the annual operating goals.

Power supply is stable and orderly

“New kinetic energy” is full of power

Faced with the complex electricity supply and demand situation last winter and this spring, the State Grid Corporation of China started early, deployed early, and took early precautions, fully leveraging the adjustment role of the regional large platform, and coordinating the implementation of key tasks, effectively ensuring the safe and stable operation of the large power grid and reliable electricity supply.

Relevant units of the State Grid Corporation of China proactively connected with the electricity demand of key areas such as local epidemic prevention command centers, centralized isolation points, and nucleic acid testing points, and launched online electricity services with the principle of "no need to go out, no contact, and no power outages", ensuring the safe and reliable supply of electricity to key places for epidemic prevention and control and people's livelihood.

By province, in the first quarter, Hainan Province's total electricity consumption reached 9.2 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 10.5%, ranking fifth in the country in terms of growth rate.

By industry, in the first quarter, the eight major service industries in the five southern provinces and regions, except the real estate industry, all achieved positive growth in electricity consumption, and the growth rate of electricity consumption in the information transmission/software and information technology service industries increased by 7.5 percentage points.

In the first quarter, the new drivers of the five southern provinces and regions developed rapidly, and the demand for electricity continued to rise. China Southern Power Grid Company met the needs of users in advance and actively served the development of the "three new" economy represented by new industries, new formats and new models.

Play the role of "stabilizer" and "ballast stone"

Two-way optimization of investment scale and structure

Actively expanding effective investment is the focus of current macroeconomic policies. Since the beginning of this year, China Southern Power Grid has accelerated the start of construction of major engineering projects, promoted the start of construction, stabilized growth, and played the role of "stabilizer" and "ballast stone" in stabilizing the macroeconomic situation. On March 29, the Greater Bay Area DC back-to-back Guangzhou project with an investment of over 4.2 billion yuan was officially put into operation, marking the phased completion of the world's first asynchronous back-to-back project.

At present, the overall progress of the Greater Bay Area DC back-to-back Dongguan project has been completed by 94%, and the project has completed the installation of all flexible DC transformers and their accessories and the hoisting of converter valves. The project has entered the system commissioning stage. The project personnel have debugged the main equipment such as flexible DC transformers and converter valves and the converter station as a whole to verify the results of the project construction. It is expected to be put into production at the end of May. A number of key projects such as the Meizhou and Yangjiang pumped storage power stations in Guangdong will be fully put into production within the year. In the first quarter, China Southern Power Grid completed fixed asset investment of 21 billion yuan, an increase of more than 15% year-on-year.

The company continued to promote lean management and further reduced its funding costs. The company actively sought low-cost new financing and coordinated with external financial institutions to replace existing loans. Since the beginning of this year, the average financing cost of new financing of China Southern Power Grid has dropped by 1.39 percentage points compared with the end of last year.

Author: Huang Yonghua, Guo Dongdong, Bao Liting