Reform Of The Pricing And Price Regulation Of Public Utilities

ThecharacteristicofPublicUtilitiesdecidesthenecessaryofgovernmentregulation. Along with the development of market-oriented economy, PublicUtilities'develop trend to marketization. And the traditional regulationmethods cannot be adapted to the development of Public Utilities'marketization. Since 1970s, the developed countries have carried on thereformtothePublicUtilitiesregulationsystemandformedaglobaltrend.Ourcountry has also carried on this reform, but hasn't changed the foundation ofthe traditional regulation system. It continues to use the regulation systemformed in the planned economy times and has many bugs. This regulationsystem has seriouslyobstructedthedevelopment ofourPublicUtilities. Inthereformation of the Public Utilities regulation system, the developed countriestake a series of measures to consummate the system and accumulated a seriesof effective experiences. In view of our county's regulation plights, on thefoundation of deriving the effective experiences of the developed countries,through strengthening the legislation, consummating the function of theregulation organization, clearing the regulation goal and the principle,scientificallylimitingtheregulationscopes,establishingtheprocedureandthepricing method as well as consummates the regulation surveillance system, to perfect our country's pricing and price regulation of Public Utilities. This willcertainly to adapt the development of our country's Public Utilities'marketizationandpromotethePublicUtilitiesdevelopinghealthily.