A new round of power system reform is brewing.

People familiar with the reporter from the contact formulation, this round ofpower system reform project of familiar electric reform process of exclusive,our policy is modified by earlier state and National Energy Bureau of electric power department respectively formulate the electricity reform program, two schemes were rather large differences, the later spent a lot of time unified opinion.

After modification, differences have been bridged, forming a unified electricityreform scheme. The new scheme has two points, namely: the direct power purchase for promotion, gradually formed a market-oriented price formation mechanism; on the reform of power grid enterprises, power grid enterprisesincome will be approved by the state, no longer bear the trading power role.

From the two points of the new scheme, the direction of the reform andmarketization.

Grid position transmission services

These people have been involved in the drafting of Article 5 in 2002 electricity reform. When the electric to determine the idea is to separate the factory and network, separating the main bodies, the transmission and distribution separately, bidding, and ultimately market-oriented price formation mechanism.

But in 2002 the State Council of the [2002]5 file ("electricity system reform program") issued, the factory net separates out so far, electricity reform is said to stop. In the meantime, power grid enterprises contrarian also entered the manufacturing industry, electrical appliances enterprise M & A. Design and even put forward in 2002 six regional Power Grid Corp, also showed signs ofbroken.

The people familiar with the matter said with emotion, looking back, 10 years of power to many aspects in the back. Direction of electricity reform should beliberalized electricity price, electricity price formation in the way of marketing,but over the years, the effect is not obvious, even into the electricity coal contradiction, fractionize domain approved and many new contradictions.

According to this new round of electricity reform plan, after the completion of the reform, electric power enterprises will no longer contain upstream and downstream business assets. State assets for power grid enterprise, thepower transmission assets pricing, power grid enterprises by the governmentto determine the proportion of income. In the grid also requires a large investment, high return, investment demand decline after the yield will bereduced gradually.

Power grid enterprises are no longer the main body of market competition, onlyin accordance with state regulations implemented to allow income systemutilities (publicutility). Power grid enterprises to provide public services,Internet access all income from government approved.

At present, Internet access price and sales price by the government for approval. Internet access price and sales price spread is grid enterprisessource of income, power grid enterprises have power to maintain adequatespread.

On the other hand, all the electricity price by the examination and approval,hydropower and other clean energy power and electricity price low, resulting in power grid enterprises want to hydropower to sales price is high, earn pricedifference, hydropower resource rich region but not clean high power.

Insider analysis of the above, and electricity sector is the main source of theresistance of the electric power system reform. He also said, electricity reformstagnant for more than 10 years, the tariff approval items more cumbersome,price is packaged into resource products price reform, but retain the right of approval may be modified, the electricity situation is more complex, difficult.

Direct purchase of electricity will vigorously promote

In the new scheme of direct purchase of electricity is another main point.

The pilot direct purchase of electricity for many years, the effect is not obvious.The people familiar with the matter said, mainly because no clear direction of electric reform. Points of electricity reform is to realize the market pricing, in this context, electricity reform documents in 2002 proposed separation of plant and network, separating the main bodies, the transmission and distribution separately and bidding is the preparatory work, the completion of a goodseparation of plant and network can only be "warm up", the reform willprobably die.

Bidding is the 2002 world more common market pricing mode. But somecountries will no longer use this form, but the market price has continued. AndChinese electric change price market is still far distance.

Electricity reform started in 2002, the factory net departure after the stop. The pilot has been the direct power purchase for the large users, but the pilot was not in good condition.

Analysis of the insider said, bidding, direct purchase of electricity or the pilotor, is a kind of market price formation pathway, did not play a good foundation, it shall not good.

According to his analysis, the basis is not good, is the main card withouteffective pricing of power grid, power transmission and distribution costs are not effectively defined, so the large consumers direct purchasing pilot can not really in accordance with the supply and demand for transactions, power gridby spread income maintenance way also hinder the pilot direct purchase of electricity go farther.

But he thinks, price bidding, the implementation of direct purchase of electricityis the idea of the. Regardless of the user size in the process of implementation, open to all users, according to the voltage level the openingprice, until the opening of retail price in electricity market, the formation ofmarket allocation of resources supply and demand situation, price formation.

In the background of the current economic downturn, the electricity reform will help reduce the cost of enterprises. Origin electric chief supervisor of National Energy Bureau Wu Xinxiong also attached great importance to people moreclose to electricity, Energy Bureau said, if fast, electricity reform in the second half of this year to the first half of next year.

According to the national development and Reform Commission decision procedures, unified plan, will be submitted to the vice premier of the State Council in charge of deputy prime minister, then according to the proposed changes and listen to suggestions, after the formation of the version submitted to the State Council, after discussion, the reform will be officially launched.