In the spring season, the land of Jianghuai is full of spring. At No. 291 Huaihai West Road, Huai'an City, there is the largest installed thermal power generation support power point in Huai'an - Huaneng Huaiyin Power Plant. From a distance, four towering cooling towers stand on the banks of the ancient Huai River, which is particularly eye-catching.
In the past quarter, Huaiyin Power Plant handed over a shining report card: 252 million kilowatt-hours of efficient electricity, fuel procurement costs dropped significantly, and the loss was reduced by 180 million yuan year-on-year...... The power plant got off to a good start in the first quarter.
Calculate the big account, and reduce the cost of fuel procurement
In recent years, the Huaiyin Power Plant, once known as the "Pearl of Huaishang", has been affected by factors such as the sharp rise in market coal prices and the insufficient proportion of long-term agreements, the cost of power generation has continued to rise, and its production and operation have been in trouble.
For a long time, for thermal power companies, the cost of coal has determined the profit and loss of the enterprise. In order to grasp the key to solving the problem of fuel costs, Huaiyin Power Plant has prescribed a "prescription" for fuel procurement that is "mainly based on long-term agreements and supplemented by the market".
In the 301 conference room of Huaiyin Power Plant, there is an electronic display screen for coal market, which displays the dynamic market price of thermal coal in real time, which is a "magic weapon" for the whole process management of fuel in the power plant. Power plants use it to analyze the trend and changes of the domestic standard coal market, and adjust their business strategies in a timely manner. The leading group of fuel procurement of power plants holds special meetings on fuel management every week, from market analysis to resource development, from procurement to transportation reserves, and one after another instructions are issued from here, realizing the whole process management of fuel and laying a solid foundation for Huaiyin Power Plant to turn losses and increase profits.
While improving business efficiency, it is also necessary to shoulder the important task of ensuring supply. On January 29, heavy snowfall fell across the country, and social electricity consumption continued to rise. In order to ensure the "rations" of the unit, Wu Dongping, who is in charge of the fuel dispatch station of the Huaiyin Power Plant, plans to drive 10 hours to the northern seaport of Qinhuangdao, which is 965 kilometers away, to "compete for rations and ensure cash". From the 19th day of the lunar month to the fifth day of the first lunar month, up to half a month, Wu Dongping stationed on the front line of coal transportation, running between Caofeidian Port and Qinhuangdao Port, on the one hand, to check the scene, to ensure that the supply of goods is sufficient, the coal quality is qualified, on the other hand, communicate with the relevant units, timely handle the coal cargo transfer and port reporting procedures, to ensure that the long-term coal arrived at the power plant as scheduled. Under Wu Dongping's non-stop rush, the 100,000 tons of long-term coal signed by the power plant in February were shipped to Huai'an as scheduled.
Huaiyin Power Plant not only makes efforts to protect long-term coal, but also takes the development of market resources as the forefront of fuel supply and price control, continues to develop new resources in the fuel market, seizes the market window period, locks in economic coal with price advantages in a timely manner, and reduces fuel procurement costs. In the first quarter, the unit price of standard coal purchased by power plants decreased by 232 yuan/ton year-on-year, a decrease of 17.2%.
Calculate new accounts and ask for the market from electricity marketing
As a power generation enterprise with a history of more than 30 years, Huaiyin Power Plant has no competitive advantages in terms of unit capacity, geographical location, fuel cost, etc. With the increasing installed capacity of new energy in China, how traditional coal-fired power enterprises can expand the marginal contribution of power marketing and improve the quality and efficiency of power grid auxiliary services according to local conditions has become an important issue in front of Huaiyin Power Plant.
The electricity market situation is changing rapidly, and opportunities are all running out. In order to expand the power plan, the provincial dispatching center from the 1st floor to the 6th floor, 120 steps, I can't remember how many times I have run!"
Market-oriented thinking drives the transformation of marketing plans. On the one hand, Huaiyin Power Plant adjusted its power generation strategy in a timely manner, reasonably arranged the power structure, and at the same time grasped the "fighter" of monthly bidding and listed electricity prices to expand the monthly market benefit of electricity, and on the other hand, according to the characteristics of the power market in Jiangsu Province, it actively participated in in-depth peak regulation and benefit power regulation. In the trough of new energy power generation and when there is more maintenance of regional units, the power of benefits will be rushed. In the first quarter, the duration of deep peak shaving increased significantly year-on-year, achieving a bumper harvest of technology and efficiency.
The key to electricity marketing is team operations, Huaiyin Power Plant is externally oriented to the market, moving with the times, expanding the space for power planning, and working hard internally to strengthen support to ensure the safety and stability of the unit.
Huaiyin Power Plant uses the "diamond drill" of safe operation to win the "porcelain work" of deep tapping potential and improving quality and efficiency of coal-fired power units. "Today, the ambient temperature has decreased, and more loads have been applied to meet the heating needs of urban areas. At 2:56 a.m., in the second "battlefield" of electricity marketing, Jiang Jie, the director of Huaiyin Power Plant, was communicating with the Jiangsu Provincial Electric Power Dispatching Center through the dispatching platform. That night, the provincial dispatch center agreed to increase the load of the power plant units and keep the power generation at a high point for continuous operation. In the first quarter, power plants achieved a 50% year-on-year increase in settled electricity and a 27% year-on-year increase in electricity transfer.
Calculate the detailed accounts and ask for benefits from lean management
It is necessary not only to improve efficiency, but also to seek long-term results. On the way to turn losses and increase profits, the Finance and Forecast Department of Huaiyin Power Plant focuses on two things: calculating the "economic account" of production and operation, transformation and development, and tightening the "money bag" of improving quality and efficiency and reducing expenditure.
"Through the application of lean management platform, we can achieve daily clearing and daily settlement, and we are more efficient in cost control and analysis. Wu Xiaoqing, director of the financial and pre-planning department of Huaiyin Power Plant, was deeply touched when he talked about the lean management platform.
Relying on the lean management platform, Huaiyin Power Plant can quickly grasp the real-time situation of production and operation such as power generation and heat supply, and provide data support for production cost management and power transaction quotation. At the same time, the model is transformed through the actual report data, and the changes in various costs and profits such as power generation and steam supply in the past can be grasped in real time. From the time-dimension of different periods such as annual, monthly and current day, the profit trend can be analyzed, displayed and comprehensively evaluated.
On the basis of making good use of the lean management platform, the Finance and Forecast Department of Huaiyin Power Plant has made great efforts in internal capital management, verified data, controlled budgets, reduced costs, and improved efficiency, so as to contribute to the realization of financial security. Wang Mingzhu, who is in charge of the operating budget of the power plant, organizes a data inventory meeting every week to sort out the basic situation of production and operation; Wang Yinzi, who is in charge of the capital budget, updates and refines the income and expenditure of funds every day, and reasonably arranges the loan amount; and Pan Yang, who is in charge of financing, repeatedly replaces a loan to reduce the cost of loans...... In the first quarter, the financial expenses of Huaiyin No. 2 Company, a subsidiary of Huaiyin Power Plant, decreased by 10.52% year-on-year, providing a strong and orderly financial guarantee for the production, operation and transformation and development of the power plant.
The times have given traditional thermal power enterprises a new historical positioning. At present, Huaiyin Power Plant is speeding up the pace of transformation and moving towards a comprehensive service-oriented energy enterprise integrating photovoltaic power generation, sludge disposal, power grid auxiliary services and power vocational skills training. Through independent innovation, the power plant expands the breadth and depth of training and enhances the brand effect of Huaiyin training base. The first set of TSI simulation device for million-unit steam turbine in China has been successfully applied in Huaiyin training base, becoming a "hard core support" for enabling transformation and development, feeding back the profitability of enterprises and contributing to the construction of a comprehensive energy company.
Hardship shows courage and perseverance, and hard work leads to success. Huaiyin Power Plant has made great efforts to focus on the reduction of fuel costs, the efficiency of electric heating marketing, and the improvement of lean management, and calculated the "golden ledger" of turning losses into profits. Standing on the new track of improving quality and efficiency, Huaiyin Power Plant will walk towards the light in the spring of the first quarter of the "good start", keep walking, break through the dilemma, break new paths and see the real chapter in the process of high-quality development.
(Text: Wang Xiaoqian, Xu Fan, Wang Hongbing)