On August 12, the Gansu Provincial Development and Reform Commission released a policy interpretation of the "Implementation Plan for Deepening Market-Oriented Reform of New Energy On-Grid Electricity Prices in Gansu Province to Promote High-Quality Development of New Energy." The policy clarified three key aspects: First, promote the full entry of all on-grid electricity from all new energy projects, including centralized photovoltaic and wind power, distributed photovoltaic and decentralized wind power, and solar thermal power generation, into the electricity market, with on-grid electricity prices determined through market transactions. Second, establish a price settlement mechanism for the sustainable development of new energy. Third, improve the electricity market system to adapt to the new power system.

On August 13, the Qinghai Provincial Energy Bureau issued a notice soliciting public opinions and suggestions on the "Qinghai Province 2025 Renewable Energy Power Consumption Guarantee Implementation Plan (Draft for Comment)." The document proposes establishing and improving a renewable energy power consumption guarantee mechanism, continuously improving the province's renewable energy power consumption level, and fulfilling the national mandate for Qinghai Province to consume 70% of its total renewable energy power by 2025, 30% of its non-hydropower renewable energy power consumption, 70% of its electrolytic aluminum industry green electricity consumption, 70% of its steel industry green electricity consumption (monitoring only, not assessment), 70% of its cement industry green electricity consumption (monitoring only, not assessment), and 70% of its polysilicon industry green electricity consumption (monitoring only, not assessment).