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China Sets Cornerstone Rules to Scale Up National Power Trading
China has set the overarching rules that will govern its long-awaited national electricity market, as it bids to match supply and demand in near real-time across the whole country. It’s hoped that the market, which is expected to launch by 2025, will solve a variety of problems that have bedeviled the sector. Those include excessive concentration in the hands of giant state-owned grid companies, utilities being forced to sell at a loss when prices fall too quickly, and insufficient take up of renewable power. Ensuring price stability is a cornerstone of the new rules released on Monday by the National Development ... (full story)