The first wave of high temperatures this summer has led to continuous peak power demand of over one billion kilowatts in the entire province. Zhejiang Energy is preparing for the heat.

Recently, Zhejiang Province has been experiencing a continuous hot and sunny weather. With households turning on air conditioning units and commercial enterprises using electricity, the electricity load in Zhejiang has exceeded 1 billion kilowatts for several days since July, and the peak summer electricity supply has entered a critical moment. On July 4th, the national peak electricity load reached 14.65 billion kilowatts, a historic high; during the same period, Zhejiang's highest electricity load reached 1.217 billion kilowatts. Zhejiang has implemented a joint office mechanism for the responsible departments and offices, formulated supply guarantee plans for peak summer electricity demand and demand-side special plans. Imported electricity is an important force in ensuring electricity supply in Zhejiang, accounting for one-third of the province's total electricity consumption annually. During the summer peak period, imported electricity becomes even more crucial. As early as the beginning of this year, Zhejiang signed medium and long-term agreements with other provinces to secure a maximum of 40 million kilowatts of imported electricity, an increase of 1 million kilowatts compared to last year; the total imported electricity for the year is 205 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 5 billion kilowatt-hours compared to last year, setting new records for traded electricity and quantity. In terms of increasing supply, in June, three 1-million kilowatts coal-fired units including the 9th unit of Jiaxing Power Plant Phase IV, the 3rd unit of Cangnan Power Plant, and the 8th unit of Beilun Power Plant were successively put into operation; in the first half of the year, the province has newly built and put into operation over 12 million kilowatts of new energy, approaching the total added volume of last year, and is expected to increase power supply capacity by 5 million kilowatts during the afternoon peak period in fine weather, further enhancing autonomous power supply capacity.