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[New power safety regulations announced, clarifying for the first time that all types of grid-connected entities bear equal safety responsibilities as power companies and users] On September 4, reporters learned from the National Energy Administration that the revised "Regulations on Emergency Response and Investigation and Handling of Electric Power Safety Accidents" were officially announced today and will be officially implemented on January 1, 2027. The relevant person in charge of the National Energy Administration told reporters that in recent years, many large-scale power outages abroad have exposed problems such as blurred boundaries of responsibility among multiple subjects, insufficient network-related performance of power supplies, and increased risks of system voltage instability, which have become prominent challenges in the construction of new power systems. The new Regulations have made a number of systematic institutional arrangements in this regard. The first is to improve the "unity and governance" responsibility system, clarifying for the first time that all types of grid-connected entities bear equal safety responsibilities as power companies and power users, and clarify the boundaries of rights and responsibilities of multiple emerging grid-connected entities such as power companies, power users, energy storage, and virtual power plants. The second is to strengthen network-related safety management and control, add new accident determination criteria such as abnormal network-related performance failure and power loss, and improve the new energy safety risk management and control system. The third is to optimize the basis for accident determination based on the requirements for safe and stable operation of the power system, strengthen the management and control of key nodes such as main grids, hub stations, and power supply clusters, consolidate the security defense system of the large power grid, and ensure stable operation of the power grid and reliable power supply. (Reporter Guo Songqiao)