加州电力市场失败的教训

LESSONS FROM ELECTRICITY MARKET FAILURE IN CALIFORNIA

在电力工业的改革中 ,提供竞争的机会与保证合理而及时的调节之间的平衡是非常重要的。因为电力工业是国民经济的重要支柱 ,改革不当可能导致严重的社会和政治问题。美国加利福尼亚州最近发生的电力危机引起了全世界的关注 ,也引发了对放松电力管制及发电市场化的做法是否明智的质疑。文中首先分析了加州电力市场失败的原因 ,之后简要讨论了加州电力危机对亚洲开放电力市场的影响以及如何在电力市场环境下确保足够的发电容量。

The balancing of com petitive opportunities and regulatory measures is of great strategic importance in electricity supply industry ESI reform since the ESI is a critical national infrastructure whose failure will have severe social and political im plications.In this paper,factors which m ay have led to the recent electricity crisis in California are analyzed first, followed by a brief discussion aboutthe impactof this event on the power industry restructuring in Asia,and aboutthe issue of how to ensure sufficient generation capacity under the electricity market environm ent.