scholarly journals Understanding the Performance of the Electric Power Industry in China

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Liu ◽  
Liang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Electric Power Industry ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
End Users ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Electricity Supply ◽  
The West ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Current Plan

Despite three decades of reform, China's electricity sector is still organized by a “new reformed plan” where capacity investment has been liberalized but prices and production remain controlled. This paper examines the impact of the current plan prices on end-users with reference to the OECD and how the plan price of electricity supply is formed. We argue that the plan price is set in an attempt to balance the interests of the public and the power industry. We find that China's industries do not pay a cheaper price for electricity than the West, and the plan price is formed through bargain between the firm and the state, which allows the firm to have a soft price constraint on its costs.

CROSS-SUBSIDIZATION IN TARIFF DESIGN FOR ELECTRICITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 30-39
Author(s):  
S. Ya. CHERNAVSKII ◽  
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N. R. KHACHATURYAN ◽  
Z. N. TSVETAEVA ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Electric Power Industry ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
The Public ◽  
Negative Side ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Cross Subsidization ◽  
Electricity Tariff

The article highlights one of the unsolved problems of the Russian power industry management. In most of the works, cross-subsidization in the electric power industry is considered in negative connotations. It is shown that in the design of the electricity tariff with cross-subsidization, along with the negative side, there is also a positive side. The article presents views on the problem of people who are active in decision-making, but pas-sive in the public scientific space.

scholarly journals Assessment of the impact of risks of energy companies in a pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 217 ◽  
pp. 07002
Author(s):  
Natalya Solopova ◽  
Oleg Karpovich ◽  
Anna Minnullina ◽  
Ruslan Minnullin
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Electric Power Industry ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
External Risk ◽  
Energy Companies ◽  
The Impact

The life-supporting role of the electric power industry during the spread of the coronavirus was especially pronounced. Electricity has become necessary for remote education of children, video calls, hospitals, etc. The main trends in electricity demand include changes in the ratio of electricity consumption in industry, transport and commercial sectors, as well as households due to the quarantine of some consumers. The paper identifies key risk-forming factors for the energy industry at the macro level and, based on an expert assessment, identifies the most probable and most powerful risks. By analogy with external risk-forming factors, the internal risk-forming factors of energy companies were analyzed, and their range of internal risks was determined.

scholarly journals The Early Diffusion of Smart Meters in the US Electric Power Industry

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Ryan Strong
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Technology Diffusion ◽  
Electric Power Industry ◽  
The United States ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Smart Meter ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Impact

The impact of new technologies within and across industries is only felt through their widespread diffusion, yet studies of technology diffusion are scarce compared to other aspects of the innovation process. The electric power industry is one industry that is currently undergoing substantial change as a result of both technological and institutional innovations. In this dissertation I examine the economic rationale for the adoption of smart meters by electric power utilities and the relationship between smart meters and the evolving electric power industry. I contribute to empirical research on technology diffusion by studying the early diffusion of smart meters in the US electric power industry.Using a panel dataset and econometric models, I analyze the determinants of both the interfirm and intrafirm diffusion of smart meters in the United States. The empirical findings suggest multiple drivers of smart meter diffusion. Policy and regulatory support have had a significant, positive impact on adoption but have not been the only relevant determinants. The findings also suggest that utility characteristics and some combination of learning, cost reductions, and technology standards have been important determinants affecting smart meter diffusion. I also explore the policy implications resulting from this analysis for enhancing the diffusion of smart meters. The costs and benefits of adopting smart meters have been more uncertain than initially thought, suggesting that some policy support for adoption was premature. The coordination of policies is also necessary to achieve the full benefits of using smart meters.

The Public Policy of Developing Electric Power Industry in the Far East in the 1950s – mid 1960s: Conditions and Features of Realization

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Aleksey V. Maklyukov
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Far East ◽  
Electric Power Industry ◽  
Power Industry ◽  
Soviet Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The 1950S

The article examines the merits and demerits of the policy of Soviet government in the field of regional electric power industry, in particular the energy projects in the Far East region. It aims to analyze the conditions and features of the implementation of the public policy of the USSR intended to develop the electric power industry of the Far East in the 1950s – mid-1960s; to identify the main trends and contradictions in interaction between central and local authorities dedicated to regional electrification. The research is based on the traditional historical methods, as well as on the state-centered and regional approaches. It is shown that the electric power industry in the Far East has been developing in conditions of limited resources and lack of mutual understanding between the center and the region in solving towards the problems of the industry. The public policy for the development of the Far Eastern electric power industry was based on the idea of a quick and cheaper construction of thermal power plants. The author comes to the conclusion that this policy led to various consequences, including technical lag in the electric power industry and the pace of electrification, an increase in the shortage of electricity and, in general, a slowdown in the socio-economic development of the region.

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