China to reform pricing system for hydropower

chinadaily.com.cn (2014-01-24 09:13) [Full Text]

By DU JUAN (chinadaily.com.cn)

China's top economic plannerthe National Development and Reform Commissionannouncedon Wednesday it would improve the country's on-grid hydropower pricing mechanism to boostinvestment in the sector for sustainable development.

Announcement of the new policywhich has not been clearly defined yetimplies the governmentmight raise the generator's prices of hydropower.

The NDRC said it would consider both the average cost of networks for electricity and thegeneration cost of hydropower plants.

In the pastlocal governments owned the rights to hydropower pricingHydropower prices areusually lower than on-grid electricity generated by other traditional forms.

According to the National Energy AdministrationChina added 29 gigawatts of hydropowergeneration capacity last yearto a total of 278 gW.

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