NDRC Officials Confirm For The First Time That They Are Studying The Price Increase.

Yesterday, Li Jing, deputy director of the resource conservation and environmental protection division of the national development and Reform Commission, said the NDRC is studying the issue of tariff adjustment, but she did not disclose when.

In addition, Huarun and other power companies have predicted that electricity prices will be adjusted in the second half of the year, but the NDRC has confirmed that the research price adjustment is the first time.

Reporters learned that the relevant government departments in the five major power generation companies and other enterprises to investigate their cost pressures, operating pressures, and so on, because coal prices have risen more than 10%, domestic electricity prices are facing upward pressure.

The electricity price increase can not only alleviate the cost pressure of power enterprises, but also restrict energy consumption through price leverage.