Development and Reform Commission: Next year contract coal prices banned by 5%

Yesterday, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the Notice on Coordinating the Work of Coal Production, Transportation, and Demand in 2012, requesting the implementation of price control policies to stabilize the price of coal for power generation, in which the contracted coal price increases within 5% and set the market transaction power. Coal ceiling price. This move means that the increase in coal prices next year is precisely controlled within the "red line", and the pressure on electricity prices has fallen sharply.

The notice issued by the National Development and Reform Commission yesterday stated that coal is an important basic energy source, and the sharp rise in coal prices has a greater impact on power generation companies. All parties concerned should further raise awareness of the importance of the regulation of coal prices and stabilize the price of coal for power generation.

Among them, the contract coal prices control the price increase. Including the annual key contract coal produced in the national inter-provincial provinces and regions, the contract price in 2012 is based on the contract price signed at the beginning of 2011, and the increase should not exceed 5%. Coal-producing provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) produce self-use coal for their own use. Annual contract price increases must not exceed 5% of the previous year's contract price. The coal production and operation enterprises must not adopt disguised means such as subcontracting to increase prices, and must not reduce the cashing rate of electric coal contracts and tying up market coal at high prices. Power generation companies must not bid for prices and sign power coal contracts in excess of the price increase imposed by the state.

At the same time, the price of coal for the market transaction is subject to a ceiling price. From January 1st, 2012, Qinhuangdao Port, Huanghua Port, Tianjin Port, and other ports in the Bohai Rim area, the thermal coal closing price of 5,500 kcal, shall not exceed 800 yuan per ton, and the other calorific value of coal closing price shall be 5,500 yuan. The limit price of the kcal is translated accordingly.