Let ＂power exchange＂ be included in the eyes of supervision

Original title: Let "power exchange" be included in the eyes of supervision

"Power exchange" is to supplement the electric energy by directly replacing the vehicle battery. In recent years, there are more and more battery changing cabinets and power changing stations for electric bicycles and electric vehicles on the streets of Wuhan, which are favored by many people because they can quickly replenish battery life. Recently, relevant departments are exploring the new format of "power exchange" and bringing it into the eyes of supervision.

Late at night, the streets "exploded" with security risks.

At 11 o’clock on the evening of March 26th, a loud noise broke the silence of the night in Taipei Street, Jiang ‘an District, Wuhan.

An explosion occurred in a battery changing cabinet in this area, and the cabinet door was damaged and deformed by the explosion shock wave, and the display was seriously damaged. The accident was caused by abnormal internal communication in the battery management system, resulting in high temperature, thermal runaway of the battery core, rapid rise of internal temperature, opening of battery pressure relief, and high-temperature electrolyte mixed gas leaked from the battery core entering the warehouse, which led to the explosion of the warehouse body. Fortunately, when the accident happened, no pedestrians passed near the switchboard, causing no casualties.

"Compared with the switchboard, the switchboard is more dangerous, and once an accident occurs, the consequences are unimaginable." Zhao Junke, the comprehensive supervision department of Jiang ‘an District Emergency Management Bureau, said that after the explosion of the power exchange cabinet, they immediately carried out the investigation and management of potential safety hazards for the electric vehicle power exchange station, which belongs to the new format of "power exchange".

On April 8, when the law enforcement officers of Jiang ‘an District Emergency Management Bureau conducted safety inspection on two power stations in the jurisdiction, they found that the two power stations had problems such as loose management, undisclosed personnel qualifications, incomplete inspection and maintenance records of facilities and equipment, and failure to report to the fire department in the jurisdiction.

On April 19th, a fire broke out in a taxi-changing power station in Shijingshan District, Beijing. The Beijing Shijingshan Fire Rescue Detachment announced that the fire fighting operation continued until 0: 30am on the 20th, and 17 fire engines and 85 firefighters were dispatched. Two lithium batteries used for replacing electricity in taxis were burned at the scene.

Explore and clarify the regulatory responsibility of "changing electricity"

"Changing power stations and cabinets is a new thing. We are all amateurs and it is not good to tell us what to do." Zhao junke said. The lack of new energy-related knowledge reserves makes it difficult for them to comprehensively supervise the power station, but the deeper reason is that the subject of supervision responsibility is not clear.

The Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) on Work Safety provides guidance for the centralized responsibility work. At present, there is a "quasi-mother-in-law" who supervises the Weilai automobile exchange power station in Jiang ‘an District. Weilai Power Station had previously issued a filing certificate to Jiang ‘an District Emergency Management Bureau, which showed that the project was introduced and approved by Jiang ‘an District Development and Reform Bureau. According to the principle of "whoever is in charge is responsible" and "whoever approves is responsible" in "People’s Republic of China (PRC) Law on Work Safety" and "Fifteen Measures for Work Safety of the State Council Safety Committee", Jiang ‘an District Emergency Management Bureau believes that Jiang ‘an District Development and Reform Bureau should bear the main supervision responsibility for Weilai Power Station. At present, the opinions on the revision of the safety production supervision responsibilities of the member units of the Safety Committee have basically taken shape.

The supervision of Weilai Power Station can be smoothly promoted because the relevant procedures are approved by the same level department of Jiang ‘an District Emergency Management Bureau. However, the main responsibility of the supervision of the "power exchange" project approved by non-peer departments is still being explored.

Grassroots call for a clear division of regulatory responsibilities

For example, Zhao Junke said that there are more and more battery "changing cabinets" on the streets of Wuhan. Among them, most of the battery changing cabinets for electric bicycles built by China Tower Energy Hubei Co., Ltd. based on tower base stations mainly provide battery replacement services for take-away riders.

"The approval department for the relevant procedures of the switchboard is the Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission, and the Jiang’ an District Emergency Management Bureau is the grassroots emergency management department. We can only report the situation to the higher authorities and wait for the higher authorities to discuss the results." Zhao junke said.

With the rapid development of China’s social economy, in recent years, overlapping functions and new formats have emerged, which has become a "blind spot" for safety supervision. She Zhenglin, member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the Jiang ‘an District Emergency Management Bureau, said: "The main units responsible for the new format belong to different regulatory departments. To effectively supervise the new format, it is necessary to improve the top-level design."

"At the beginning of the introduction of such new formats, the top-level design should be done well, and the responsibility package should be clearly divided. The supervision of new formats by grassroots regulatory authorities will be much more efficient." Zhao Junke said frankly.

(Hubei Daily, all-media reporter Hu Wenjie, correspondent Yuan Lingbin)