Reforming the Chinese Electricity Supply Sector: Lessons from International Experience

Michael Pollitt, Chung-Han Yang and Hao Chen

Cambridge Working Papers in Economics from Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Abstract: We begin with a brief background to the current Chinese power market reforms which began with the State Council No.9 Document of March 2015. We introduce 14 different electricity reform elements from international experience. Under each of these reform elements we will discuss: its theoretical significance; general reform experiences with it; and its application in the Chinese context. Our motivation is how China might bring down the currently high industrial price of electricity. We identify four promising sources of price reduction: the introduction of economic dispatch of power plants; rationalisation of electricity transmission and distribution; reduction of high rates of investment; and rebalancing of electricity charges towards residential customers. We draw out some overall lessons and identify some important points for future research into Chinese power market reform.

Keywords: power market reform; international experience; China; industrial electricity price (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L94 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-03-20
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