National Development and Reform Commission: It has been verified that the coal sales price of some enterprises exceeds the reasonable range

The National Development and Reform Commission announced on June 20 that recently, under the unified deployment of the National Development and Reform Commission, local development and reform departments, together with market supervision and other departments, formed an investigation team to comprehensively carry out a pull-net-type investigation on the implementation of coal price regulation and supervision policies
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The investigation team took the re-ignited coal-fired power plant's purchase of thermal coal in May as an entry point, comprehensively reviewed the thermal coal procurement contract, reviewed the contracts and invoices of the corresponding coal production and distribution enterprises, and cross-checked the transaction vouchers of coal and power companies.
Form investigation conclusions
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From the feedback of some survey results, it has been verified that the coal sales price of some enterprises exceeds the reasonable range
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For example, a trade circulation enterprise in Jiangsu Province sold coal produced in Shaanxi in May, and there were 3 medium and long-term transactions that exceeded the reasonable range
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Considering the small amount of excess, the local development and reform department has interviewed the company and asked it to immediately refund the overcharged coal payment and adjust the coal sales price within a reasonable range
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The company has promised that it will strictly implement the relevant coal price policy, refund overcharged coal payments, and effectively regulate its business practices
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At present, the pull-net investigation is still in progress
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In the next step, the development and reform department will continue to focus on the implementation of the coal price policy with relevant parties, and if the price exceeds the reasonable range, we will effectively find out, conduct interviews, and investigate together
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If it is found that the subjective and malicious increase of the price is beyond the reasonable range, it will be notified immediately, and will be transferred to the relevant departments as a clue of suspected price gouging for punishment according to law
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