On January 10, the National Energy Administration (NEA) issued a notice on the issuance of the "Key Points of Energy Regulatory Work in 2025".
According to the notice, the NEA will emphasize the following regulatory efforts in 2025:
Supervising the implementation of major national plans, policies and projects throughout the entire process. Carrying out supervision and summarizing and assessing the implementation of the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan.Supervision of the provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) to accomplish the main objectives, key tasks and major projects of the national "14th Five-Year Plan" energy planning.Promote the application of the pilot experience of process regulation and explore the establishment of jurisdictionsrenewable energyDevelopment of the bottom, energy planning policy implementation, implementation of major energy projects, energy supply implementation effectiveness of the "four lists", increase the supportive regulating power supply, cross-provincial and cross-region transmission channels and flexible mutual aid projects, such as the start of construction supervision, and to promote the regularization of the project on schedule construction and commissioning.
In areas where a spot market is in place.Promoting active participation of the user side in the regulation of the system.Report volume quotes to participate in the market;(b) Session trading in areas where there is no spot market.Effectively guide the user side to cut peaks and fill valleys.
Strengthening the supervision of new energy grid connection and consumption.Strengthening the supervision of the progress of the construction of new energy bases in the "Shagoe Wilderness", and promoting the project to be connected to the grid on schedule. Strengthen the supervision of the construction of new energy delivery projects, and urge power grid enterprises to buy back the self-built projects of new energy enterprises as required. Guiding the development of power system regulation capacity optimization special action, in North China, Northeast China and Northwest China to carry out power system regulation capacity planning, construction and deployment of special regulation, focusing on regulating capacity building program preparation, various types of regulating resources planning, construction and deployment, etc.. Strengthen the statistical supervision of new energy consumption and utilization rate, and improve the power system's acceptance, allocation and regulation of new energy. Strengthening the supervision of distribution network construction and transformation, and urging localities and power grid enterprises to promote the high-quality development of distribution networks according to the requirements.
Reform and Innovation of Qualification License. Study and formulate a package of opinions and initiatives to further reform and innovate the management of electric power business qualification licenses, relax the scope of exemptions for electric power business licenses, support the diversified development of new industries and new modes, improve the rights and obligations of the main body of the license, and provide better service for the construction of new electric power systems.
It has formulated implementation rules for green certificate issuance, gradually carried out green certificate verification and cancellation work by categories and phases, and disclosed green certificate issuance and transaction information to the society in a timely manner according to regulations. Continuously iterating and upgrading the national green certificate issuance and trading system, improving the provincial accounts of green certificates and the functions of transfer, cancellation and traceability, organizing the transfer of green certificates for the stock of conventional hydropower, and exploring the coordination and linkage with the qualification and credit information system.
Strengthen the regulation of fair access to pipeline facilities.Carrying out special supervision on the fair opening of power grids, focusing on the supervision of the normality of the process of accessing power grids by various subjects, the interconnection of incremental distribution grids and power grids, the investment and construction of power grid enterprises to connect to the grid project, and information disclosure and reporting, etc., and supervising the power grid enterprises in strictly fulfilling their responsibilities for the fair opening of power grids, and standardizing the opening of service behaviors.
Strengthening the investigation and remediation of safety risks and hazards.We have promoted the three-year action to address the root causes of energy and power system safety production, strengthened the safety risk control of important power transmission channels, key information infrastructure of electric power, new energy sources and new types of subjects involved in the network, completed the assessment of the safety risk of important energy infrastructures, and set up a mechanism for regular analysis and summary of the lessons learned from electric power safety production, so as to enhance the level of prevention and control of accidents. It has adhered to the principle of prevention, strengthened the investigation and remediation of major and high-frequency electric power safety hazards, and carried out special supervision around electric power safety management, construction safety and quality control.
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National Energy Administration on the issuance of the Key Points of Energy Regulatory Work in 2025
National Energy Development Supervision [2025] No. 3
All divisions, all dispatched organizations, all directly subordinate institutions, and the medium energy media:
In order to deeply implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, conscientiously implement the spirit of the National Energy Work Conference and the National Energy Administration Supervision Work Conference, do a good job in energy supervision in 2025, and continue to promote the high-quality development of energy, we hereby issue the "Key Points of Energy Supervision Work in 2025" to you, and invite you to combine with the actual situation and implement it properly.
National Energy Administration (NEA)
January 6, 2025
Highlights of energy regulation in 2025
The general idea of energy regulation in 2025 is to take Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era as the guidance, deeply study and implement the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress and the 2nd and 3rd Plenary Sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee, deeply implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on the construction of a unified national electric power market, and improve the regulatory system mechanism for natural monopoly links, etc., and accurately grasp the political attributes, people's attributes, economic attributes, and social attributes of energy regulation. Social attributes, focusing on the "four regulation" as a whole to promote the effectiveness of energy regulation, and effectively achieve the courage to regulate, scientific regulation, good use of regulation, to provide strong support for the high-quality development of energy in the new era. We will focus on the following tasks.
First, around the "state of the art", to strengthen the energy security supply regulation
(i) Improve the monitoring and early warning consultation mechanism. Focusing on key nodes such as peak summer, winter and major events, the company has strictly implemented the mechanism of "daily investigation, weekly report and monthly summary" of power supply and demand, strengthened supervision of safety operation, market transactions, power supply services and other aspects, and supervised the localities and relevant energy enterprises to implement the main responsibility of maintaining supply. It has given full play to the role of digital means in the monitoring of energy supply and demand, strengthened the monitoring of electricity, water and fuel supply in the country and key regions, strengthened consultation and linkage with meteorological and other relevant departments, and promptly identified and reported on incipient, tendency and potential problems affecting the maintenance of energy supply, so as to ensure a stable supply and demand of energy and a steady situation of production safety.
(b) Supervising the implementation of major national plans, policies and projects throughout the entire process. It will carry out supervision and summarize and assess the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan" energy plan, and supervise the completion of the main objectives, key tasks and major projects of the national "14th Five-Year Plan" energy plan by provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities). It will promote the application of pilot experience in process supervision, explore the establishment of "four lists" of energy development, energy planning policy implementation, implementation of major energy projects, and the effectiveness of implementation of energy supply, increase the supervision of the commencement of construction of supportive and regulating power sources, inter-provincial and inter-regional transmission channels and flexible mutual aid projects, and promote the timely construction and commissioning of projects in compliance with the regulations. The project will be constructed and put into operation on schedule.
(c) Actively promoting the participation of the source network and load storage in energy conservation. Promote the optimization of coal power capacity tariff mechanism, to ensure that the peak coal power units reasonable income. Give full play to the role of the power market in optimizing the allocation of resources, strengthen the supervision of inter-provincial medium- and long-term contract performance, promote cross-provincial mutual aid of power resources, and increase the assessment of grid operation of generating units during the period of guaranteeing supply. In areas where the spot market has been carried out, the user side is promoted to take the initiative to participate in system regulation, and to participate in the market by reporting the amount of quotes; in areas where the spot market has not been carried out, time-sharing transactions are carried out to effectively guide the user side to reduce peaks and fill valleys.
II. Strengthening the regulation of green energy development around low-carbon transition
(d) Strengthening the supervision of new energy grid connection and consumption. Strengthening of the "Shagoe Wilderness" new energy base construction progress supervision, to promote the project on schedule and grid. Strengthen the supervision of the construction of new energy delivery projects, and urge power grid enterprises to buy back new energy enterprises' self-built projects as required. Guiding the development of power system regulation capacity optimization special action, in North China, Northeast China and Northwest China to carry out power system regulation capacity planning, construction and deployment of special regulation, focusing on regulating capacity building program preparation, various types of regulating resources planning, construction and deployment, etc.. Strengthen the statistical supervision of new energy consumption and utilization rate, and improve the power system's acceptance, allocation and regulation of new energy. Strengthening the supervision of distribution network construction and transformation, and urging localities and power grid enterprises to promote the high-quality development of distribution networks according to the requirements.
(e) Deepening the supervision of traditional energy transformation to ensure supply. Carry out special supervision on the intelligent construction of key coal enterprises, urge enterprises to implement relevant national requirements, promote the construction of national intelligent demonstration coal mines, continue to promote the iterative upgrading of the traditional energy industry, and realize the cultivation and growth of the clean energy industry. It will carry out special work on key tasks in the oil and gas industry, focus on key projects for the production, supply, storage and marketing system construction in the province in 2025, strengthen supervision and coordination, and ensure that key projects are put into operation on schedule.
(f) Efficiently promoting the issuance of green certificates. Formulate implementation rules for green certificate issuance, gradually carry out green certificate verification and cancellation work by categories and phases, and disclose green certificate issuance and transaction information to the society in a timely manner according to regulations. Continuously upgrading the national green certificate issuance and trading system, improving the green certificate provincial accounts and functions such as transfer, cancellation and traceability, organizing the transfer of green certificates for the stock of conventional hydropower, and exploring the coordination and linkage with the qualification and credit information system. It has established and improved the information sharing mechanism with ecological and environmental departments, strengthened the convergence of green certificate, green power and carbon market, grown and cultivated the green certificate market, provided a good policy environment for new energy and all kinds of new main bodies to participate in market transactions, and improved the international recognition and influence of green certificates.
III. Strengthening the regulation of natural monopolies in energy by focusing on fairness and equity
(vii) Improving the regulatory system for natural monopolies. We will study the Energy Law in depth, and build a system of regulatory rules and regulations in line with the Energy Law. Studying and revising the Measures for the Administration of Oil and Gas Infrastructure Planning, Construction and Operation to guide the access and use of oil and gas pipeline network facilities. Study and revise the Measures for the Regulation of Fair Opening of Oil and Gas Pipeline Network Facilities to further clarify the basic requirements for fair opening services, application and acceptance processes. Study and revise the Measures for the Regulation of Fair Opening of Power Grids to further clarify the requirements for power supply access and grid interconnection, and promote fair and non-discriminatory opening of power grid enterprises. Summarizing and applying the pilot experience of penetrating regulation, and promoting the resolution of regulatory problems in natural monopoly segments at source.
(viii) Strengthening the regulation of the fair opening of pipeline network facilities. Carrying out special supervision of fair opening of power grids, focusing on the supervision of various types of subjects to access the normative nature of the power grid process, the incremental distribution network and power grid interconnection, power grid enterprises to invest in the construction of grid connection projects, information disclosure and reporting, etc., and urging power grid enterprises to strictly fulfill their responsibilities for fair opening and standardize the opening of service behavior. Regularization of oil and gas pipeline network facilities fair opening supervision, part of the provincial pipeline network facilities operating enterprises to carry out key supervision or problem rectification "look back", and further standardize the oil and gas pipeline network facilities operating enterprises system construction, facility services, contract performance, information reporting and other behavior.
(ix) Exploring cross-sectoral collaborative regulation. It will consolidate and expand the mechanism of coordinated supervision with relevant ministries and commissions, conduct regular communication and consultation, strengthen policy coordination, increase the sharing of basic data of market members in the energy sector, market data, information on administrative penalties, typical cases and other information, and improve the utilization rate of information resources. In due course, we will carry out collaborative work on the natural monopoly of the energy industry and the order of the electric power market, so as to effectively enhance the influence and deterrent effect of regulation and law enforcement.
IV. Strengthening the construction and regulation of the electricity market around the top-level design
(j) Improving the basic rules system. It will study the establishment of a unified national power market evaluation system, and promote the construction of a unified, standardized, fair and transparent power market in various regions. It will revise the basic rules for medium- and long-term power trading, auxiliary service market and metering and settlement, improve the mechanism for medium- and long-term, spot and auxiliary service trading, and do a good job of effectively linking inter-provincial trading with inter-regional and intra-provincial trading in the region. Accelerating the establishment of a market system and long-term mechanism conducive to the promotion of green energy production and consumption, and promoting the integration of green power trading into medium- and long-term power trading.
(k) Optimizing the function of market mechanisms. Promote the expansion of inter-provincial and inter-regional power market-oriented trading, strengthen the mutual assistance of surplus and shortage, give full play to its role in energy supply and clean energy consumption, and support the participation of power users meeting the conditions in inter-provincial and inter-regional green power trading. It will establish and improve the regional power market trading mechanism compatible with major national strategies such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, promote the continuous trial operation of the southern regional spot market for a long period of time, further expand the trading scale of the Yangtze River Delta power market, and study the establishment of the trading mechanism for the mutual aid of power in the northwestern and central China regions. Continuously promote the construction of provincial spot markets, and realize the basic full coverage of provincial spot markets by the end of 2025.
(xii) Increase market supervision. Accelerate the construction of the energy regulatory information system, deepen the application of digital regulation of the power market, improve the indicators of the power market monitoring system, and realize real-time monitoring, risk early warning and online supervision of the power market. Continuously carry out special supervision of outstanding issues in the electric power market order, increase the supervision of violations of market rules, trading institutions with weak independence and other issues, and effectively maintain a good market order. Regularly carry out local inappropriate intervention in power market-oriented transaction behavior remediation, to maintain a fair and competitive market environment.
Fifth, around the risk prevention, to strengthen electric power safety supervision
(xiii) Improving the safety supervision system and mechanism. It has accelerated the revision of the Regulations on Emergency Disposal and Investigation of Electric Power Safety Accidents and the Electric Power Safety Information Reporting System, and improved the system of electric power safety supervision policies, regulations and standards. Prepare the "Tenth Five-Year Plan of Action for Electric Power Safety Production", specifying the objectives, major tasks and key actions for electric power safety during the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period. Promote the implementation of documents on strengthening electric power security governance, new energy sources and new grid-connected subjects involved in the grid, strengthen the risk control of large-scale power outages in counties, promote the extension of the safety risk control system of large power grids to distribution grids, and build a power security governance system of common construction, governance and sharing of the source grid, load and storage.
(xiv) Strengthening the investigation and remediation of hidden safety risks. In-depth promotion of energy and electric power system safety production three-year action to address the root causes, strengthen the important transmission channels, electric power key information infrastructure, new energy and new subjects involved in the network security risk control, complete the important energy infrastructure security risk assessment, the establishment of electric power production safety lessons learned from the normalization of the analysis of the summary mechanism to enhance the level of prevention and control of accidents. It has adhered to the principle of prevention, strengthened the investigation and remediation of major and high-frequency electric power safety hazards, and carried out special supervision around electric power safety management, construction safety and quality control.
(xv) Strengthening network security risk control. It will study and revise security protection programs and assessment specifications such as the overall program for security protection of electric power monitoring systems, and improve the policy system for security protection of electric power monitoring systems. It will organize and carry out cybersecurity drills for the electric power industry, and promote the construction of infrastructure such as cybersecurity ranges and vulnerability libraries. Prepare the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" for energy key information infrastructure security planning, and promote the application of Beidou in the energy industry.
(xvi) Enhance power emergency response and reliability management capabilities. Accelerate the construction of national power emergency bases and research centers, the Bureau of Power Emergency Command Platform, strengthen collaboration with relevant departments and local power emergency rescue, organize cross-regional, multi-scenario power emergency joint exercises, carry out special studies on the power industry's preparedness to respond to typhoons, earthquakes and geological disasters, assess the ability of power grids to operate independently and guarantee loads under extreme circumstances, and strengthen the configuration and use supervision and management of the self-provided emergency power supply for important power users. Strengthen the supervision and management of the configuration and use of self-provided emergency power supply for important power users. It will also do a good job in electric power reliability management and reform, accelerate the study on the construction of reliability management system, improve the level of power supply reliability management, and provide strong support for the safe and stable operation of the electric power system and the reliable supply of electric power.
Sixth, around the supervision for the people, to strengthen the people's livelihood in the field of energy regulation
(xvii) Enhancing the service level of "access to electricity". It has formulated and issued a new round of policy documents to improve the service level of "access to electricity", deepened the "three zeros" and "three provinces" services, and made every effort to create a modernized business environment for electricity use with Chinese characteristics. The company has been making every effort to build a modernized business environment for electricity consumption with Chinese characteristics. We will promote the management of frequent power outages on a regular basis, and continue to promote the solution of the people's "urgent, difficult, worrying and hopeful" electricity problems. In accordance with the division of responsibilities, the company will continue to do a good job of rectifying the whole chain of hidden safety problems of electric bicycles, and effectively supervise and guide localities and power supply enterprises to put the requirements of power connection services into practice.
(xviii) Strengthening the protection of people's livelihood in the use of energy services. Carry out special supervision on outstanding issues of people's livelihood electricity services, focusing on frequent power outage remediation results of the "look back", and synchronized supervision of urban and rural residents with telegraphic installation, emergency repair of electricity and other outstanding issues of people's livelihood electricity. Focusing on the implementation of clean heating policies, energy supply security, etc., to carry out special supervision of clean heating in the northern region. Comprehensively promote the implementation of the 12398 hotline complaint and report handling system, strengthen the dispatching agencies and energy enterprise staff business training, strengthen the main responsibility of energy enterprises to handle complaints, and effectively enhance the effectiveness of complaint and report work. Promote the comprehensive management of non-grid direct power supply districts and other weak areas of electricity consumption according to local conditions.
(xix) Reform and innovation of qualification licenses. Research and development of further reform and innovation of electric power business qualification license management package of opinions and initiatives to relax the scope of exemptions from electric power business licensing, support the diversified development of new business models, improve the rights and obligations of the main body of the license, and better serve the construction of a new type of electric power system. Improve the electric power business qualification licensing system, clarify the continuation of electric power business license and cancellation of the relevant requirements, reduce the installation (repair, test) of electric power facilities license level, and further stimulate market vitality. Select some key areas to carry out special supervision of electric power business licensing, continue to carry out regular supervision of license maintenance, and supervise the quality of licensing work of the dispatching agencies to further enhance the effectiveness of license management and the level of risk prevention and control.
VII. Enhancing the authority and influence of energy regulation around administration in accordance with the law
(xx) In-depth comprehensive supervision. Do a good job in the "second half of the article" of the comprehensive supervision of the electric power field in 2024, and do a good job of regulatory interviews, orders for rectification, administrative penalties and other work in a hierarchical and categorized manner, so as to form a closed loop of supervision. Continue to select six representative provinces to carry out comprehensive supervision, highlighting the implementation of planning policies, supervision of natural monopolies, power market construction, people's livelihood, energy security and other major issues, strengthen the depth of supervision, optimize the organization and coordination mechanism, and further enhance the effectiveness of comprehensive supervision.
(xxi) Enhancing the quality and effectiveness of administrative enforcement. It will improve the statistics and notification mechanism for law enforcement information, and improve the working mechanism for law enforcement by the entire staff of the dispatching agencies; focus on the collection of case clues, and strive to strengthen law enforcement in the areas of natural monopoly and power market order, and promote the synchronization of in-depth and mutually reinforcing work in business supervision and administrative law enforcement; standardize law enforcement behavior, and promote the organic convergence of "long-tooth with thorns" and tolerant and prudent supervision. Standardize law enforcement behavior, promote the organic convergence of "long teeth and sting" and inclusive and prudent supervision, and encourage the implementation of flexible law enforcement for small and micro-enterprises and minor violations of the law.
(xxii) Strengthening the application of enforcement results. Timely sorting to summarize the results of supervision and law enforcement, matters within the scope of responsibilities, to be taken in accordance with the law to order correction, administrative penalties, supervision and interviews and other ways to deal with; increase the typical problem notification efforts, focusing on disclosure of problems found in the regulatory work and typical cases, and give play to the role of supervision of public opinion; for the discovery of deep-rooted problems related to the adjustment of the institutional mechanism and other aspects of the strengthening of the analysis of the research and study of the proposed improvement measures for policymaking and scientific decision-making reference. Provide reference for policy formulation and scientific decision-making.
(xxiii) Consolidating and improving credit mechanisms. Efforts will be made to promote the construction of a credit system for the energy industry, establish and improve the system for the collection and use of credit information and credit evaluation, and strengthen the credit management of the industry and the monitoring of corporate credit. It will promote the construction of a credit system for the national unified power market, and explore the application of credit evaluation and supervision for market operators. Comprehensively collect and share industry credit information, guide and supervise the dispatching agencies to do a good job in administrative credit information collection and credit repair, and consolidate the data foundation. It will publicize and disclose credit information in accordance with the law, provide early warning of credit risks, and serve industry supervision and public demand. It will continue to carry out comprehensive evaluation of public credit, implement incentives for creditworthiness and constraints for credit failure, and create an honest market environment.
VIII. Focusing on party building to lead and enhance the supervisory capacity of the cadres
(xxiv) Enhancing the political and organizational functions of grass-roots party organizations. Strictly implement the "first issue" system, and follow up on the latest important instructions and criticisms of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the spirit of his important speeches. Conscientiously implement the spirit of the Opinions of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee on the Main Responsibility of Party Groups (Party Committees) of Departments of the Central Authorities and State Organs for Implementing Party Building in Organs, and the requirements of the Bureau's Party Group's work plan for implementing the program, and the Circular of the Party Group of the CPC National Energy Administration on Further Clarifying and Implementing the Responsibility of Party Building in Outside-Beijing Units, to press down on the main responsibility for Party building, and continuously deepen the "four strong The Party Group of the National Energy Administration of the People's Republic of China (NEA) has been working to strengthen the main responsibility of Party building, continuously deepen the creation of "four strong" Party branches and the selection of "four good" Party members, and give full play to the role of Party organizations as a strong fighting fortress and Party members as pioneers.
(xxv) Enhancing the ability of supervisory cadres to fulfill their duties and responsibilities. Strictly fulfill the political responsibility of selecting and employing cadres, adhere to the principle of party-controlled cadres, keep the entrance of cadres well, pay attention to the cultivation of young cadres, and continuously improve the age and professional structure of the regulatory cadre force, and put the right cadres into the right positions, so that cadres who want to be officers and can be officers can be officers and do their jobs. Focus on power supply services, administrative law enforcement, industry supervision and other content, classification and grading to carry out training. Determined to rectify the spirit of slackness, lack of commitment, style and other issues, to improve the overall cohesion and combat effectiveness of the regulatory team. Adhere to the actual combat exercise team, encourage cadres to take the initiative to participate in comprehensive supervision and other urgent and dangerous tasks, and continue to enhance the political quality of the regulatory cadres and business level.
(xxvi) Deepening the promotion of strict governance of the Party. It has consolidated and deepened the results of learning and education on Party discipline, implemented the requirements for rectification and improvement of central inspection, increased the education, management and supervision of cadres in high-risk positions, young cadres, newly promoted cadres and supernumeraries, regularly conducted heart-to-heart talks, and strictly regulated the words and deeds of Party members on the Internet. Solidly carry out the third and fourth rounds of inspections by the Party Group of the Bureau, and strengthen the rectification of inspections and the application of results. Further improve the "one table and multiple charts" integrity risk prevention and control mechanism, strictly implement the code of conduct for clean interaction with energy companies, manage and use energy regulatory power, strengthen supervision and discipline, unswervingly punish corruption, and jointly consolidate the development of a clean and upright, upwardly mobile political ecology.
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