Research On The Price Regulation Reform Of Electric Power Industry In China

As a monopolized industry, power industry has always been the focus of the regulation, government regulation on the one hand is due to its nature of natural monopoly, on the other hand make due to the power industry is a basic industry of national economy and people’s livelihood, its development is directly related to the sustainable development of national economy. In planned economy period, the Chinese government for the power industry monopoly, the power enterprises to carry out strict rules and regulations, the regulation way once to our country’s economic recovery, to ensure the people’s production and living has played a very positive role, but with the development of the socialist market economy in our country, this way of regulation clearly with market economy advocates inconsistent with the requirements of the market to adjust the allocation of resources. Along with the progress of The Times, the scope and boundaries of the electric power industry, great changes have taken place in the natural monopoly theory is also in the process, constantly enrich and develop. However, the development of the theory of natural monopoly has obviously lags behind the reform and development of natural monopoly industries.Review, therefore, the natural monopoly industries in western and Chinese natural monopoly theory and development process, and further discussed in the natural monopoly industries of new phenomena and new problems, and straighten out the law of development of natural monopoly industries, the study of Chinese natural monopoly theory has the very good reference. The government’s regulation of electric power industry includes two aspects, one is the admittance regulation, the second is the price regulation, among them, the price regulation and power products terminal consumer interests most closely at sight, and study the problems of the electricity price has a strong practical significance.This thesis, first on the government regulation, the electricity price regulation, natural monopoly and administrative monopoly, generalizes the theory of related concepts, definition; Based on the above research, this paper in view of the questions, using the theory of administrative power utility paradox in theory, public interest theory and the theory of administrative discretion to three different perspective to analyze the necessity of electricity price regulation reform in China, in reference to the typical developed countries in the world power regulation reform on the basis of experience, focusing on the big background of China’s reform of electricity price regulation as well as the historical process, put forward China’s electricity price regulation reform should follow what architecture and put forward to solve problems, to achieve reasonable architecture ideas and Suggestions.