According to Elephant News, recently, a news about the adjustment of residential electricity prices has aroused the attention of many netizens. According to the news, from June 1, the valley peak pricing will be canceled, and the price will be changed to section pricing, and the electricity bill has increased.
Netizens posted that the segmented pricing is divided into five periods, 8 o'clock in the morning - 12 o'clock, (the electricity price is 1.08 yuan per kilowatt hour), 12 o'clock - 17 o'clock, (the electricity price is 0.68 yuan per kilowatt hour), 17 o'clock - 21 o'clock, (the electricity price is 1.08 yuan per kilowatt hour), 21 o'clock - 0 o'clock, (the electricity price is 0.68 yuan per kilowatt hour), 0 o'clock - 8 o'clock in the morning, (the electricity price is 0.31 yuan per kilowatt hour), and even said that "there is still a 20-day buffer period."
In response to this news, the hotline staff of State Grid Hubei Electric Power Co., Ltd. said that they had not received the relevant notice.
Similar news has also come out from Sichuan, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places, and the local power department has refuted the rumors, and Shanghai responded that the Shanghai Electric Power Company has not received any relevant notice from the government department on the adjustment of electricity prices recently
Although the official refuted the rumors in a timely manner, as soon as the news came out, it still attracted great attention from netizens.
Previously, some users in Jiexi, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province reported that "villagers said that the electricity bill rose from 3 cents to 6 cents and 8 cents", and the government's reply was not a price increase, but it also caused public concern.
Recently, there has been a lot of news about the price of water and gas in various places, and Guangzhou has just held a hearing on water prices, which has caused great controversy on the Internet.
The Guangzhou water price hearing proposed two sets of price increase plans, both of which increased by more than 30%. The 17 hearing representatives, including ordinary consumer representatives, unanimously agreed to raise the price, and netizens jokingly said that "Guangzhou welcomes the rise in water prices".
Not long ago, the Sichuan-Chongqing gas meter turmoil made many residents feel that the cost of gas had increased, and then the price of some high-speed railways increased by about 20%.
A series of rises and rises have touched the hearts of ordinary people who have been sensitive to prices in recent years, and everyone is already worried about price increases, and it is difficult to reassure everyone by frequently spreading rumors of price increases.
Water, electricity, and gas are all necessities in life, and every increase in prices increases the burden on ordinary people and makes them feel a lot of pressure.
In recent years, the real estate downturn and the economic downturn have become a consensus, and more and more ordinary people have been laid off and their salaries have been cut, and they have to face the pressure of various price increases, so they will naturally be resentful.
Government subsidies do exist in the domestic water, electricity and gas industries. Real estate downturn, government revenue decreased, fiscal expenditure is getting bigger and bigger, reduce subsidies, price increase has become a general trend?
In the face of such a situation, can the relevant parties consider the problem from the perspective of people's livelihood?
For example, when the price of water rises in Guangzhou, the government says that it is an increase in operating costs, and it is necessary to disclose to the public in detail where these increased operating costs come from, whether they are objective costs or costs such as office and personnel.
On the basis of disclosure, can we hedge against the rise in various costs by controlling and reducing the office expenses, employee salaries, and benefits of water companies, while the price of water does not rise as much as possible?
If it is indeed due to the increase in costs, the accounts should be made public in advance, and the cost price should be clearly calculated and told to the public, so that everyone can understand where the money is spent, and most people should still understand and support it.
The cost accounts are not public, and the hearing representatives unanimously support the price increase to let the people be represented, which will naturally cause the public to question it.
The economy is down, and consumption can't get up, it's not that ordinary people don't consume, but that ordinary people don't have money to spend! In this case, we should not increase the burden on residents by increasing the water and electricity necessary for daily life.
Even if there is a problem of increased operating costs and losses, we should really consider people's livelihood and try to reduce the price increase by reducing expenditures and other methods, so as to tide over the difficulties with the people, rather than simply choosing to increase prices.
In addition, the current network is so developed, there could be a variety of ways to listen to public opinions, how to listen to public opinions on a larger scale, so that more people can speak their minds freely, and fully express their opinions instead of being represented, is also a method that should be considered.
The adjustment of the price of public utilities has a bearing on the lives of ordinary people and on the people's livelihood.
Repeated rumors of price increases, it is not enough to refute the rumors, the relevant departments should really take people's livelihood as the foundation and consider the people, in order to alleviate people's worries and anxieties.
Hopefully, the "rumors" of the price increase are the real rumors.