In March, snow and ice melt, the recovery of all things. Accompanied by the footsteps of spring, the NPC and CPPCC convened once a year. March is to develop" a year plan " of the season, to power, we hear a nuclear power to restart and improve security calls, see specification of new energy power generation development a variety of initiatives, witnessed the Direct-Purchase user of electric power market construction steadily.

Electric power industry, the governmental working report this year, except with special emphasis on the electricity price reform, to control the total energy consumption, to promote the establishment of new energy utilization mechanism, to promote energy-saving emission reduction and ecological and environmental protection, to optimize structure of the sources of energy are given a thick and heavy in colours.

The price is the market economy resources disposition " lights", is a powerful lever to regulate market behavior. Reform of price of our country has made great progress, the vast majority of prices of goods and services has been determined by the market. But in energy, particularly in the power sector, the price is not reasonable the problem still is highlighted quite, must deepen reform. China's energy shortage of resources, at the same time consumption and waste is very serious. Crack the resources environment problem, we need to accelerate the elimination of backward production capacity, suppression of high energy consumption and high emission excessive growth of the industry, but also to control the total energy consumption, the development of clean renewable energy, but also fundamentally rely on Reform of system and mechanism. Therefore, the government work report proposed "and promote the price reform, the implementation of the residents ladder pricing reform plan"," perfect hydropower, nuclear power and renewable energy pricing mechanism"," gradually straighten out the relationship between coal prices"," to deepen the reform of resource tax ad valorem, expand the scope of".

In late March, the State Council approved the national development and Reform Commission" in 2012 on deepening economic system reform work opinions", the views put forward, deepen the price reform of resource products, and steadily push forward the reform of electricity, the implementation of the residents ladder pricing reform scheme, requiring departments to seriously implement.

Nuclear power in our country has become the topic of the NPC and CPPCC this year to restart on the popular hotspot. Industry representatives members related to nuclear safety, nuclear power technology development and other issues displayed prudence and optimistic attitude. At the end of 3, President Hu Jintao attended the Seoul summit that nuclear energy, realize comprehensive peace uses, is the common objective of the international community, China to support their right to peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to build a lasting peace, common prosperity and harmony in the world and make due contribution. This is the development of China's peaceful nuclear energy firm confidence.

March, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission Chairman Wu Xinxiong announced, Chinese generation has been ranked first in the world. This means the power regulatory responsibility for more and more in the future, the SERC shall pay special attention to three key electric power supervision work, including the national energy development strategies do supervision work; for the national power industry and sound market mechanism, realize fair competition, orderly development do supervision work; for local economic and social development and it rapid development of good service.

As an important measure to strengthen supervision, in March, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission issued" on the strengthening of wind power safety working opinion", respectively from the wind farm design, construction, operation, supervision, grid, dispatching six respects put forward to make clear a requirement, strengthen the safety management of the whole process of wind power, wind power security will the last step.

Due to regulatory drive energetically, March, in Jiangsu, into the direct power purchase by large consumers of pilot job power users and power generation enterprises signed the purchase contract, marking the Jiangsu power direct trading pilot work officially entered the implementation phase. The pilot work of great significance, notable achievements, preferentially in the high-tech enterprises and conform to the industrial policy and energy-saving emission reduction requirements of enterprises to carry out the pilot work, which provides advanced experience of other provinces. The expert expresses, this means that the state is gradually let go of power sale market, perfect the construction of power market. Reportedly, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Yunnan, Chongqing, Inner Mongolia and other provinces and cities are actively seeking permission to carry out direct power purchase by large consumers.

On March, the Central Propaganda Department, the Central Civilization Office of the deployment of" carrying forward the spirit of Lei Feng, volunteer service", the Central good activities leading group also issued an announcement, requirement each district units further to organize and guide the grass-roots organizations and the party members in the promotion work, fulfill their duties, serving the people struggled to achieve contend for actor. Electric power industry a variety of service in this kind of activity is advocated below, will enhance the residents of electricity quality of service and other activities to further.

In March, there are a lot of electricity industry event worth bearing in mind: Yunnan drought continues, by the power grid the depth in drought relief operations are actively carry out " people first" spirit"; and the development of the coal industry" Twelfth Five-Year Plan "" came out, as in the "12th Five-Year Plan" Dredging" coal obstruction", for power generation enterprise development has brought new hope!