On June 5438+February 65438+May, 2022, a resident in Jize County, Handan City reported that "China Gas Company stopped gas every day, which caused problems for residents in heating and eating, and even caused the elderly and children to freeze. On June 5438+February 65438+February 07, 2022, a villager in Dingxing County, Baoding City, Hebei Province also reported that "China's natural gas purchase restriction led to the problem of gas shortage, which seriously affected the lives of rural residents. We can buy more times, but the cold in the middle of the night is unbearable for the elderly and children.
In addition, many villagers in Neibu Township, Baixiang County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province reported that since the heating season in 2022, major rural gas supply companies in Baixiang County have frequently encountered problems such as natural gas purchase restriction, irregular gas stoppage and temperament decline. Since June, 2022 165438+ 10, each household in Baixiang County can only buy 200 cubic meters of natural gas from the gas company, and more than 200 cubic meters per month is only enough to cook a meal. The problem of heating cannot be solved at all.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the heating season this year, gas restriction and gas cut-off occurred in some areas of Hebei Province. On June 7, 2022, at 65438, a villager in Wei County, Handan City reported: "There is no gas every day, no cooking during the day, and no heating. Adults and children have caught a cold and coughed. " On June 25, 2022, a resident of Baoding City, Hebei Province reported that natural gas stopped at two ends every three days. In response to this matter, the Xu Shui District Committee replied in February that the gas supply has returned to normal through active coordination between relevant departments and gas companies. But it's been almost a year, and now this problem has not been fundamentally solved.
For the reasons caused by this incident, governments in Hebei have different opinions. For example, the Nangong Municipal Committee Office of Xingtai responded to the netizens' report that the problem was true. The main reason for the problem is that the contracted gas supply of China National Gas Corporation in the whole province is insufficient, and there is a gap between gas supply and demand; Baoding Wangdu County Minxin Hotline Service Center said that it was caused by insufficient upstream gas source.
Compared with the response of Handan Municipal Government, Handan Municipal People's Government replied that in recent years, due to the serious inversion of upstream natural gas purchase price and sales price, gas companies suffered serious losses, and this year's gas purchase funds were even tighter, and enterprises purchased less gas from upstream. At the same time, the cold air invaded earlier in the heating season this year, and the peak of gas consumption was advanced. At the peak of gas consumption, the gas pressure at the end of the line is insufficient, which affects the gas consumption of residents.
What is the reason of natural gas cut-off in winter?
From 20 17, rural areas in Hebei Province began to popularize "coal to gas" on a large scale. At that time, the aim of the local government was to greatly reduce the emission of air pollutants and improve the quality of life of rural residents. However, many problems have been found in actual operation. The main problem is the underestimation of specific issues such as gas source guarantee, cost accounting and subsidy price, which leads to good intentions, but in reality, natural gas supply is not in place because of many minutes, especially in winter heating season. The final result is that the problem has not been solved for a long time, and local farmers have to bear all the consequences of the problem not being solved.
Is China really short of breath now?
Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics and the National Development and Reform Commission show that before 10 this year, the domestic production of natural gas178.5 billion cubic meters and the import of natural gas were 88.74 million tons (about123.3 billion cubic meters), totaling more than 3065438+08 billion cubic meters; 165438+1October16 A spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission also said that the domestic natural gas supply is generally guaranteed during the heating season this winter.
From this point of view, China is not short of gas this year, but why is the gas restriction expired? At present, most of the information disclosed online is about gas supply contracts and subsidy funds between local governments and gas supply companies. The fundamental reason is that the local government's finances are tight, and the old method of subsidizing gas companies with money is a bit unsustainable. Without government blood transfusion, gas companies cannot buy gas from upstream enterprises, resulting in insufficient expansion of local gas. Only in this way can all the problems be exposed on the table.
At present, all local governments in Hebei have indicated that they are actively coordinating all aspects and will solve the problem of people's difficulty in using gas as soon as possible. Don't let the masses catch cold in cold weather.