Reporter: Su Xiaozhou
the transition from monopoly to competition from capital strength, “talking” to start investment environment by resources and constraints, from the “Government-run” to “pipe”. Recently, the national electricity regulatory Commission, the national power grid, Datang, Huaneng, China electric field “power man” and local government officials meet in Changsha. Some people of insight emotion production and management of electric power industry “on good weather, favorable terrain, and” so-called “good weather” is the trend, it is necessary to grasp the current situation, respond, recognizing the role of Government oversight and authority.
supply and demand “the bear balance” traditional thought gradually out of
a few years ago, Hunan was a regular “power shortage,” and “electricity shortage” of the provinces. In recent years, the domestic electric power construction road “leaders” invested heavily engage in fierce battle in Hunan, in 2006 alone added power capacity 4.26 million-kilowatt, originally relatively weak power grid has been strengthened after the completion of the $ 5 billion investment.
at the end of 2006, Hunan power total installed capacity of nearly 20 million-kilowatt, supply and demand basically balanced, low season and the rainy period there is a surplus.
in order to meet the economic development of the electric power safeguard higher requirements, in Hunan power grid, power plants, “Eleven-Five” construction scale for the period reached $ 85 billion, eyeing this large foreign power capital market while also paying close attention to cutting the “cake” when the policy environment.
electric power reform orientation of importance regulatory
experts pointed out that, from the electric power situation of reform, since 2002, actively and steadily promote electric power system reform in China, substantial progress has been made: the separation, separation of grid and basic implementation, competition in the field of power generation has been formed, initially established the new power regulation system. However, tensions due to the power supply and demand in a few years ago, to ensure the safety of power supply, stable supply, but also because of some problems of inadequate, not go far enough, slowing progress in electric power system reform, “15″ destination has not yet completed.
, experts said on the whole, reform of power industry is still in transition and countries in transition, cross-State planned economy and market economy system, the market system has not yet formed, competition or insufficient, there are inevitably some contradictions and problems.
related forecast think, as power supply and demand contradictions of mitigation, and on reform development problem awareness of further in-depth, in China power reform has appears has speed up promoting of situation–seize processing factory network separate remnants of problem, gradually promoting grid Enterprise main auxiliary separation reform; speed up power market construction, focus on construction meet national conditions of unified open of power market system, formation and market economy phase adaptation of electric price mechanism, implemented conducive to energy-saving environmental of electric price policy Further change government functions, insist on separating sound initiatives such as the electricity market regulation system, is expected to be formally introduced in the near future. In this context, electricity regulatory importance sudden outburst.
Ballkleider analysis, reversal of market supply and demand contradiction signs first emerged. Is to supply and demand total surplus occurs, business pressures increase.
it has been concerned to forecast, in 2007 China’s new generation capacity of about 90 million-kilowatt, final Assembly will be more than 700 million-kilowatt by the end, generating equipment utilization hours down to 5,000 hours.
taking Hunan province as an example, the 2007 will add a machine about 3.67 million-kilowatt, final Assembly will be more than 22.2 million-kilowatt by the end, water and electricity supply will be a surplus in the second half. Power generation enterprise in the face of oversupply in the market environment, coal prices rise not fall, further rise in the cost of production, business pressures continue to increase, profit could decline; construction of power grid construction lagging power grid enterprises still exists, weak grid, transmission and distribution capacity issues still face urban and rural low-voltage distribution network of much-needed construction and reformation of the urgent need for.
in addition, energy-saving emission reduction and “pressure on small”, you need to further improve quality of electric power industry growth. According to the relevant ministries for planning the next 4 years, shutting down small coal-fired units throughout the country more than 50 million-kilowatt, MW oil 7 million-kilowatt per cent, are no longer on the new small thermal power project in each of the energy-saving more than 50 million tons of standard coal, emissions more than 1.6 million tons of sulfur dioxide. Analysts said that this task is very difficult.
the greatest concern is that the market in the allocation of power resources of the “invisible hand” gradually is everywhere. In 2006, when national 344.7 billion-kilowatt volumes across the province, district, an increase of 13.1%. Which, when the inter-provincial trade 259.4 billion-kilowatt, an increase of 18.3%. Has predicted that the next few years, power market construction step by step, gradually intensifying the construction of power grid across the province, trans-regional power transmission capacity to further enhance, power enterprises by means of market power will further accelerate the pace of Exchange. Regulation of these transactions, is clearly an integral policy supervision of this “visible hand”.
experts think, this three-tier industry background, both for the electric power supervision provides a broad space for development and as a field, also on power supervision put forward higher requirements, especially power supply shortage period was ordered to cover up the contradictions will gradually and exacerbated, which also requires regulatory hand of the coordination of the relations of interests.
the “monitoring network” has quietly opened
recognizes the potential policy and market factors, the Hunan provincial government Deputy Secretary General Liu Mingxin at the recently held a “Hunan electric power supervision and Security 2007 Conference” pointed out that electric power industry reform of monopoly industries is the keynote of the external policy environment, separation, and broaden access, introduce competition by law, regulation, propulsion systems and property right system reform of monopoly industries. Specific to electric power, is the separation of grid, separating, separate regional power market construction and transmission and distribution. “The current power industry is faced with the largest share, market structures are shifting from traditional vertically integrated monopoly structures of transition to a competitive market structure; the constraints gradually from mainly to funding constraints to the development of resource and environmental constraints change administrative examination and approval of the management system are shifting from traditional to modern electricity regulatory changes. ”
reporter learned from the national electricity regulatory Commission of Changsha electric supervision Office, while open Office only one year, but around the market order, access administrative licensing, inspection, electric power supervision this large net has quietly spread.
at present, “12,398″ electricity regulatory complaints hotline opened in Hunan province has only half a year, accepting valid complaints reported more than 50. Electricity regulatory Commission established leading group for handling commercial bribery, supervision and guidance in treatment of bribes of Hunan electric power enterprises, begun to achieve some measure of success.
year supervision Office of Changsha state electricity regulatory Commission will pay close attention to exposure and handling typical cases of illegal power supply, power engineering cost supervision, monitoring electricity trading financial settlement, electricity clearing, handling commercial bribery cases. “‘ Electricity regulatory Commission ‘ role and establish our authority needs a process but is inevitable. “A electricity regulatory Commission official said.
supervision Office of Changsha state electricity regulatory Commission Commissioner Chen Jianchang said, from the integration of government administration with enterprise to separate, then to set up power regulator, the Government’s management function carried out by the regulator, States on management reform of electric power industry, is experiencing from the “players” to the “referee” changing the role, and ultimately achieving separation of policy-making and implementation.