The Research On Method Of Electricity-pricing By Stages

The price is the elementary factor of the mechanism in market and is an important economic lever. Using the price mechanism to dispense the economic resources, and promoting the enterprises to improve the management technique, control the allotment of the material benefits is the market economy's request. Therefore, the electric price is the key to electric power market reform of our country. Along with the opening of the electric market, the methods of electric pricing in production, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity have become more and more importantDiscussing the situation of electric power market reform and the problems and reasons of the electric pricing policy since the found of China. Investigating the main factors that influence the electric price and the theories concerning electric price's establishment. Introduced two pricing methods considering the character of the electric power: cost-plus pricing and marginal cost pricing. Especially, the emphasis were put on the Long Run Margin Cost of Pricing, Short Run Margin Cost of Pricing, Real-time or Spot Market Pricing of Electricity, and so on. In the mean time, this paper analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of each methodBased on the experience of electric pricing of other countries in the world, a new scheme of electric pricing reform has been put forward. In this stage, electric pricing method of generation is adopted the capacity price, electric pricing method of transmission is decided by government, and electric pricing method of sale is adopted the retailer system.