Electric Power ›› 2023, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (3): 154-161.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202103096

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Impact Analysis of Two-Part Tariff Policy Executive Mode on Market Resource Allocation Efficiency

YAO Jun1,2, WU Yongfei1, WANG Yali1, HE Jiao3, DAI Shuangfeng1   

  1. 1. School of Economics & Management, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410004, China;
    2. State Grid Corporation of China, Beijing 100031, China;
    3. School of Economics & Management, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang 414006, China
  • Received:2021-03-15 Revised:2023-01-31 Accepted:2021-06-13 Online:2023-03-23 Published:2023-03-28
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by National Social Science Foundation of China (No.22CJY064), Hunan Social Science Foundation (No.20YBQ004) and Scientific Research Project of Education Department of Hunan Province (No.19B024).

Abstract: In recent years, China has perfected the executive mode of two-part electricity price policy by increasing users’ options. This paper uses the social welfare model to analyze the impact of the implementation of the national adjustment two-part electricity price system on the efficiency of market resource allocation in the year of 2016. Results show that the relaxation of the change cycle of the two-part pricing system can reduce the basic electricity price burden of enterprises, who have stopped production or half stopped production. However, it is not beneficial to the efficient production enterprises, which is not conducive to promoting the survival of the fittest in enterprises as a whole, and reduces the long-term utility of the whole society. The empirical results also show that The change of the two-part electricity price policy led to the decline of the total social welfare, which was reflected in the drop of the load rate by 7%. Meanwhile, it also reduces the fairness among users, which is reflected in the capacity utilization rate dropping by 30.6%. We believe that simply adjusting the executive mode of the electricity price policy is not conducive to the optimal allocation of power resources, and all enterprises should adopt the fair electricity price policy at the same time.

Key words: two-part tariff, executive mode, resource allocation efficiency, social welfare, fairness between users