On July 11, the reporter learned from the State Grid Yichang Power Supply Company that, in accordance with the adjustment policy of electricity price of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, since July 1 this year, the general industrial, commercial and other electricity sales price had been lowered by 0.067 yuan/kWh, which was the second time this year that the price of general industrial, commercial and other uses of electricity had been lowered.

　　According to reports, since 2015, the price of industrial and commercial electricity has been reduced nine times. The price of electricity on the voltage level below 1 kV has been reduced from the highest 0.98 yuan/kWh to the current 0.6907 yuan/kWh, with a cumulative decrease of 29.52%. The four-year reduction in electricity prices has benefited 125,400 households, reducing customers'electricity expenditure by more than 500 million yuan. The power supply department will actively cooperate with market supervision departments at all levels to carry out the work of clearing up and standardizing the price increase of power supply, and promote the self-checking and self-correction of the main power supply providers such as commercial complexes, industrial parks and office buildings, so as to clarify the price and fee boundaries and ensure that the dividend of price reduction benefits the end-users of power consumption.

　　It is reported that, in addition to the reduction of electricity prices, Yichang has also made good use of the electricity trading policy. In 2018, 106 households made direct trades, and the total amount of transacted electricity was 6.658 billion kWh, accounting for 18.13% of Hubei province, which reduced the cost of related enterprises by more than 70 million yuan. At present, the average electricity price in Yichang is the lowest in Hubei province. (Reporter: Xiao Min; Correspondents: Xiang Hongyu, Wang Fang)