Two days ago, the National Bureau of Statistics announced the energy production for November 2023.
According to the data released by the Bureau of Statistics, the industrial power generation on the mainland in November was 731 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%, and the cumulative power generation in January ~ November was 8,073.2 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%.
According to the data released by the National Energy Administration, the electricity consumption of the whole society in the mainland in November was 763 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 11.6%, and the total electricity consumption of the whole society in 1~11 months reached 8,367.8 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%.
After reading these two data, some netizens wondered, how can electricity consumption be less than power generation?
Through the difference between the two data, the electricity consumption of the whole society in November was 32 billion kilowatt hours more than the power generation, and in 1~11 months, the electricity consumption of the whole society was 294.6 billion kilowatt hours more than the power generation in a year, which is more than the electricity consumption of many provinces in a year.
Seeing this, many netizens questioned whether the meter was over-copied, why was the electricity consumption more than the power generation, and how was the extra electricity generated?
This kind of doubt is understandable, after all, after many places have replaced electricity meters with smart meters, some residents have obviously found that they use more electricity than before, so many people may question the meter reading.
In fact, the electricity consumption of the whole society cannot be more than the power generation, and the power generation must be more than the electricity consumption.
The reason why the whole society consumes more electricity than generates electricity is mainly due to several reasons.
First, the electricity consumption is counted by the whole society, and the power generation is only counted on the scale of power generation.
It is easy to calculate the amount of electricity generated by the whole society on the mainland, after all, the two major power grids have clear data, and this electricity consumption is very accurate.
Compared with the electricity consumption of the whole society, the power generation is not so good to count, there are many large and small power plants in the mainland, the statistical department can not count all the statistics, from the actual situation, the statistics department is the power generation of the power generation enterprises, some small-scale power generation, and some residential power generation, such as now many rural residents are installed solar panels and connected to the power grid, these will not be counted in the country's power generation.
Therefore, we see that the power generation of the whole society released by the Bureau of Statistics mainly refers to the power generation above the scale, that is, the power generation of relatively large power plants, usually refers to the power plants with an installed capacity of more than 6,000 kilowatts, and if we look at it from the perspective of revenue, it refers to the power generation enterprises with an annual revenue of more than 20 million yuan, so the power generation above the scale must be much less than the actual power generation of the whole society.
Second, many enterprises retain electricity and self-generate electricity without statistics in the social power generation.
At present, the amount of electricity generated by the statistics department mainly refers to commercial electricity, that is, the power generated by major power plants and the electricity sold through the two major power grids.
However, from the actual situation, many enterprises now have internal power generation systems, including generators to generate electricity or solar panels, wind energy, etc., these power generation is not integrated into the power grid, but for internal use of enterprises, so that the statistical department can not count the specific power generation.
However, the amount of electricity generated by these enterprises may be included in the electricity consumption of the whole society in some places.
Another reason is that power generation enterprises will also consume electricity internally, and many enterprises will reserve a part for internal use, and this power will also not enter the grid-connected power generation, so the final statistics of electricity consumption are more than the actual power generation.
After combining various factors, it is normal for the electricity consumption of the whole society to be more than the statistical power generation, which is not because the electricity meter is too much, but because a lot of power generation is not counted in the power generation of the whole society.
Judging from the actual situation, the real power generation of the whole society on the mainland is conservatively estimated to be 700 billion kilowatts more than the electricity consumption of the whole society, and in addition to some of the electricity generated by enterprises and residents themselves, a large part of the electricity is consumed in the process of electricity transportation.