Premier Wen Jiabao January 5th chaired a State Council executive meeting, decided to implement a new round of rural power grid upgrading.
The meeting proposed, "Twelfth Five Year Plan" period, the national rural power grid generally be transformation, rural residents living electricity get better security, electricity and agricultural production is solved basically, basically completed the new rural electric network safety, energy saving and environmental protection, advanced technology, standardized management.
Therefore, a comprehensive transformation under the new construction standards and requirements of rural power grid on unimproved areas. Two of rural power grid has been modified but still insufficient supply ability, reliability is low problem, implement upgrade. Three to suit one's measures to local conditions to carry out the transformation of major grain producing areas of farmland irrigation, rural economic crops and agricultural and sideline products processing, livestock and aquaculture and other power supply facilities, to meet the electricity needs of agricultural production. Four according to the requirements of urban and rural development, in the realization of urban and rural residents to use electricity Tongwangtongjia basis, realize all kinds of compensation network with electricity, to further reduce the burden of rural electricity. To deepen the reform of rural power system, the abolition of county power enterprises "management system", establish institutional mechanisms conducive to promoting the healthy development of rural electric power. Six is to increase financial support. The transformation of rural power grids in the central and western regions upgrade project capital gold is mainly composed of a central arrangement. Continue for 2 cents per kWh of electricity policy, special loans for rural power grid construction and transformation and upgrading project servicing.