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China's State Council Releases Guidelines to Enhance National Power Market System

The guidelines aim to refine the electricity pricing mechanism, ensuring it reflects supply and...
February 11, 2026 by
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  • Impact Level
    Medium
  • Scope Level
    National
  • Last Update
    2026-02-11
Key Impacts
Positive Impacts (6)
Renewable Energy Sector (Wind & Solar Developers in China)
Chinese Independent Power Producers (IPPs)
Power Grid & Smart-Grid Equipment Manufacturers
Energy Storage Sector
Chinese Carbon Emission Allowances (CEA)
Electric Vehicle Charging Operators in China
Negative Impacts (3)
Thermal Coal
Steel & Cement Producers in China
Aluminum
Total impacts: 10 | Positive: 6 | Negative: 3
Event Overview

The guidelines aim to refine the electricity pricing mechanism, ensuring it reflects supply and demand dynamics. They also establish a uniform national policy for billing and market risk management, standardize local price administration, and prohibit unauthorized preferential rates, thereby strengthening regulatory oversight.

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State Council of China Issues Guidelines to Improve National Unified Power Market System
2026-02-11 17:12

The State Council of China has issued guidelines to improve the national unified power market system. The key points include refining the electricity pricing mechanism to better reflect supply and demand, ensuring prices capture the multifaceted value of power resources, establishing a uniform national policy for electricity billing and market risk management, standardizing local electricity price administration, prohibiting unauthorized preferential electricity rates, strengthening price regulation in natural monopoly sectors, and enhancing the transmission and distribution pricing system for regional and provincial grids. Additionally, it suggests exploring two-part or single capacity pricing models when conditions are suitable.

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