Netizens once concluded that there are three major gods in contemporary times: electricity meters, water meters and gas meters. Recently, Chongqing's gas meters have directly rushed to the hot search, because some people found that the gas group was secretly playing tricks, and the gas bills of residents directly rose four or five times, while the profits of the gas group skyrocketed by 824%.
The rise in gas prices has caused public opinion.
Recently, Chongqing citizens have been calling the mayor's hotline to ask about politics, saying that their gas bills are abnormal, and the monthly gas bill is usually about 50 yuan, but since March 2024, the gas bill has risen directly to 270 yuan.
And the gas consumption at home has been very stable, and there has been no surge. Therefore, in the face of a five-fold increase in fees, the public believes that there is an anomaly.
We can clearly see that in the second half of 2023, Chongqing citizens will spend about 50~60 yuan on gas bills per month, but after 2024, the monthly gas bill will directly reach 130~140 yuan, an increase of nearly three times.
Many citizens are confused, because the amount of gas in their homes has not changed, what is going on? Later, it suddenly occurred to me that during the New Year of 2024, Chongqing Gas Group organized citizens to replace gas meters, and then caused the gas bills at home to skyrocket, so local citizens questioned that the gas meters were the ghosts.
The clarification announcement is not authoritative
In the face of public opinion on the Internet, Chongqing Gas Group said that the reason why it will organize residents to replace gas meters at the beginning of 2024 is because the old gas meters have a service life of only ten years, and the gas meters in some residents' homes have exceeded the service life, so the group will replace them in accordance with the relevant national measurement standards, and the statistics are true and accurate.
As for why residents feel that the gas fee they pay has skyrocketed, it is because it has not been collected from late 2023 to early 2024, resulting in the illusion that if users feel that there is a problem with their water meter, Chongqing Gas Group can send workers to repair it at home. But let's be honest. This argument is really unconvincing, after all, every family cooks every day, and the same amount of utilization, the final cost is so different, there must be a problem.
And if this kind of problem occurs in one family, it is just that, the problem is that every household in Chongqing has this kind of problem, which is a bit too much to say. At the same time, this situation is not only in Chongqing, Shanghai residents also said that since the gas meter was changed at home, the monthly gas bill has increased by at least four or five times, so this problem is ultimately a people's livelihood problem, which must be paid attention to and completely solved.
Chongqing Gas Profits Soar 824%
Just when everyone was full of doubts about this matter, someone saw Chongqing Gas's net profit in the fourth quarter of 2023, which directly skyrocketed by 824% compared with the previous quarter. And such a result directly exposed the reason for the rise in gas bills, now the gas company has nothing to quibble, if there is no problem with the price of residents' gas meters, then where does the skyrocketing profit come from?
At this time, some netizens took a video of the gas meter at home and posted it on the Internet, we can see that the numbers on the gas meter are indeed faster than Bolt's, and everyone will have to learn to run the 100-meter race every day in the future, otherwise it is really distressing to look at the silver in vain. Netizens said, you say it's a fraud, but it's not, you say it's a robbery, but it's not, but you say it's not hateful!
Local residents said that Chongqing Gas Company is a local state-owned capital unit, which is related to the people's livelihood issues, and in this extremely difficult period, it should improve its ideological position and help the people reduce the cost of living as much as possible, which has brought an indirect "robbery" and caused a lot of burden on the people's economy. Therefore, it is hoped that the relevant national regulatory authorities can intervene in the investigation and punish the internal management of Chongqing Gas.
The real reason for the increase in gas bills
But to be honest, this advice is still too direct and too irrational. According to people familiar with the matter, in fact, the increase in gas fees is not a problem with the gas meter, if you check from this aspect alone, there will definitely be no results, the real problem is the concentration and pressure of gas.
The gas company lowers the concentration, so residents turn up the gas flame when they use it because the heat generated is not enough. After the gas company lowers the air pressure, the gas does not get the corresponding pressure during the combustion process, which will eventually lead to an increase in gas consumption, so this is the real problem of the gas company. And this kind of behavior of theirs can indeed be called a robbery by a pit man.
Subsequently, the Chongqing Market Supervision Bureau said that a number of special topics have been held to strengthen the supervision of gas companies, and will also publicize and investigate the relevant violations within the enterprise, hoping to play a warning role.
All in all, once again, I would like to advise netizens across the country that if you use an old-fashioned gas meter at home, it is best not to replace it, because free things will definitely come at a price.
Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?