通过市场化运作根本解决煤电价格之争

2004年,我国煤炭价格一直处于高涨阶段,煤电双方在价格方面的矛盾越来越激烈。为缓解双方的矛盾,2004年底国家出台了“煤电价格联动机制”：电价在一定程度上随煤价变化而调整。出台行政性的煤电价格联动措施可促使煤电双方从对立转为战略合作,但这只是治标的方法,解决煤电价格之争还必须依靠市场化运作,综合治理。为顺利实施煤电价格联动措施及消除其所带来的不利影响,提出在实施过程中应注意七大问题,如建立长效机制;避免成为煤电互动涨价的信号;电价调整不宜过频等。并从4个方面提出根本解决煤电价格之争的市场化运作内容。

Price argument between coal and electricity needs marketized operation

In 2004, coal price was always soaring in China. The price contradiction between coal and electricity became more and more severe. To alleviate it, the government has promulgated "Mechanism of Coal-Electricity Price Linkage", which allows electricity price to vary with coal price to some extent. The author considers the administrative price linkage as a temporary solution, though it can turn the two sides from opposition to strategic cooperation. The problem can only be solved through marketized operation and integrated regulation. In order to carry the policy into execution and avoid its bad affects, seven issues needing attention are put forward, for example, ensuring long-term validity of the policy, avoiding it to be a signal of markup of coal and electricity, and avoiding too frequent adjustment of electricity price. The contents of marketized operation are given from four aspects to settle the price argument between coal and electricity.