Pilot ladder residents, temporary price ceiling on coal, electricity prices increase non-resident National Development and Reform Commission on November 30 announced a package of control coal prices, "combined."
The pressure of coal, electricity regulation provides "portfolio" can straighten out the contradictions coal to ease power shortage?
Coal price regulation includes three aspects: First, proper control of the contract coal price rises. 2012 focused on coal contract prices rose last year of the contract price shall not exceed 5%. Second, the implementation of market trading electricity price ceiling. From January 1, 2012 from Qinhuangdao port and other requirements of the major ports in the Bohai Sea region 5500 kcal of heat in the coal market, the highest settlement price shall not exceed 800 yuan per ton heating value of coal other appropriate conversion. Third, the comprehensive rectification and charges related to the coal fund to reduce the cost of the coal business.
This year, China's coal prices continued to rise too fast momentum. Reflect the market price of coal thermal coal price trend of the Bohai Sea November 23 to 850 yuan per ton, up 74 yuan over the beginning or 9.5%. This makes the thermal power generation by coal-fired rapid increase in business costs led to huge losses caused by coal shortage down the eastern, central and southern electricity supply. Data show that the country's largest power shortage this winter and next spring, about 30 million kilowatts of generating capacity equivalent to 3% of the country.
"2.6 cents for coal-fired power increase of 60 billion yuan -700 one hundred million yuan annual income to compensate for losses caused by raising the cost of electricity and thus improve the coal power generation will temporarily alleviate the conflict to protect the country's electricity supply." Department of Statistics of China Electricity Council Xue Jing, director of that.
Interviewed experts believe that the price adjustment policy "combined" balance between coal, electricity and other enterprises and end users can temporarily ease the coal interests of all the contradictions, but its essence is the executive-led short-term behavior.
China Energy Research Association Deputy Secretary-General Yu Yanshan that the fundamental way out is to promote the coal transportation market-oriented reforms. Including the elimination of key contract coal prices, coal prices and the establishment of further liberalization of market-driven price formation mechanism.