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China Feels Pressure in Electricity Supply

China will feel more pressure in electricity supply in 2003 and 2004, said an official with China's State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) Thursday.


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China will feel more pressure in electricity supply in 2003 and 2004, said an official with China's State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) Thursday.

Tan Rongyao, spokesman for the SERC, said the peak period for summer electricity consumption has come and the power networks in China's eastern and southern areas are overloaded.

Statistics show that in June, the eastern electricity networks witnessed the highest demand of 43.9 million kw, a year-on-year increase of 3.4 million kw, while the southern networks supplied 36.05 million kw, an increase of 6 million kw over the same month last year.

Tan attributed the skyrocketing burden to rapid economic expansion and booming fixed asset investment, which boosted chemical, construction material and metallurgical industries.

Ni Jixiang, another official with the SERC, said that in some areas the blind expansion of some electricity-consuming industries has severely affected the balance of electricity demand and supply.

The resumption of economic activities after the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), as well as lasting hot weather also contributed to electricity network overload, Tan said.

In the first six months this year, China increased its electricity generation by 15.39 percent year-on-year, Tan said, noting that the Three Gorges project would greatly alleviate the pressure in electricity supply.

China will adopt a more flexible electricity pricing system to adjust to electricity demand, he said.


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