China changes pricing model for world's largest power grid

Move aimed at making electricity prices more reasonable and fairer

20230613 China power grid

The nation established the "cost plus reasonable profit" principle for calculating power transmission and distribution fees in a notice released in May. © Reuters

ZHAO XUAN, FAN RUOHONG and DENISE JIA, Caixin

This month China flipped the switch on a new electricity pricing model that treats all businesses as favorably as large industrial users while continuing to subsidize costs to residential and agricultural customers. The changes are intended to bring fairer and more transparent rates as well as more efficient distribution throughout the world's largest power grid.

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