Cold wave protects power supply, State Grid's electricity load reaches a new high in winter for three consecutive days in a row.

Since the beginning of this week, the demand for electricity in the whole network has continued to rise due to the influence of a wide-ranging cold wave. From January 19th to 21st, the electricity load in the State Grid operating area set a new winter historical high for three consecutive days, with a maximum load of 11.68 billion kilowatts, an increase of 1.27 billion kilowatts compared to last year's peak of 10.41 billion kilowatts, an increase of about 12.2%. It is expected that as the temperature gradually warms up over the weekend, the electricity load will steadily decrease. Since the beginning of winter, the State Grid has set a new winter high for electricity load 8 times, with 13 new historical highs in the electricity load of three regions including North China, Northeast China, and Northwest China. Furthermore, 10 provincial-level power grids including Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Tibet have set new historical highs in electricity load 55 times. The continuous increase in electricity load poses higher requirements for the grid's supply capacity. In order to actively respond to this round of peak electricity demand, the State Grid insists on a comprehensive approach across the entire network, fully leveraging the resource allocation advantages and mutual assistance capabilities of ultra-high voltage power grids. The national unified electricity market is used to coordinate support from the entire network to key areas. Since the beginning of this week, the largest cross-regional power transmission has been maintained at around 1.2 billion kilowatts, effectively ensuring stable and reliable power supply. Currently, the power supply during the peak winter period is still in a critical stage. The State Grid will continue to track weather changes, analyze the supply-demand balance situation in a rolling manner, closely monitor grid operations, arrange various types of power sources, reserves, and energy storage to be maximally utilized, coordinate cross-regional mutual assistance, and fully ensure the safety, stability, and reliability of power supply, adhering to the safety lifeline of the large power grid and the bottom line of electricity consumption for the people.