An Empirical Analysis of Reform and Efficiency in China’s Electricity Sector

Chin-Hsien Yu (), Xinhao Li, Xiuqin Wu and Ping Qin
Additional contact information
Chin-Hsien Yu: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Xinhao Li: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Xiuqin Wu: Guizhou University of Finance and Economics
Ping Qin: Renmin University of China

Chapter 29 in The Handbook of Energy Policy, 2023, pp 817-844 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter reviews the history of electricity market reforms and the evolution of electricity pricing mechanism and examines the effect of reforms on the improvement in efficiency of thermal power plants from 1998 to 2013. The results show that, during this period, significant improvement was achieved in the technical efficiency of thermal power plants calculated using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method and in the efficiency of thermal power plants proxied by techno-economic indicators, including the auxiliary power ratio, the coal consumption rate, and the oil consumption rate. Two representative reform policies, the electricity system reform and direct trading policy, are considered to examine the effect of reforms on improvement in efficiency. It finds that the electricity system reform improves the efficiency of thermal power plants only in the short run and has minor influence on technical efficiency; the direct trading policy can reduce the oil consumption rate and the auxiliary power ratio of thermal power plants, and this effect is mitigated by increases in installed capacity. The government should thus continue to promote electricity market reform and emphasize the active role of market reform in power plant efficiency.

Keywords: China; Efficiency; Electricity sector reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-19-6778-8_34

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9789811967788

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-6778-8_34

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().