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Unconsciously, electricity has become one of the most indispensable resources in contemporary society, and among them, there is a continental power company that is also a large power company in the name of monopoly.
This power company is the China Power that we are familiar with, and this central enterprise is also one of the largest and most comprehensive enterprises in the world, so why is China Power monopolized?
The United States, on the other hand, is composed of many private power companies, yes, this is also a kind of competition, but it is also a waste of national power resources, and the price of electricity in the United States is probably unimaginable.
How high would the price of electricity be if it was to be competed by private power companies?
China's monopoly on electricity.
China Electric Power is the earliest official power agency in China, born in the early 20th century during the revolutionary period, in the 30s of the 20th century, the Kuomintang founded the National Power Company, and set up provincial branches in major cities to split the original power bureau.
In 1949, the People's Republic of China took over all the power enterprises from the hands of the Kuomintang, and the power industry in the mainland has been in the form of an electric power bureau in history, and after the 80s, the mainland entered a period of reform and opening up, in order to adapt to the continuous development of the mainland's economy, the corresponding system reform has also been carried out, such as the power industry is no exception.
In 1984, the state also began to implement the reform of the management system of the electric power companies under its jurisdiction, and the local electric power companies were also merged accordingly, and many large electric power companies were born one after another, such as the East China Electric Power Company, and after the implementation of unified leadership of the local electric power companies, there were 24 electric power companies in the country, which made the pattern of the mainland electric power industry clearer.
In the 90s of the 20th century, as a state-owned power enterprise, China Electric Power was also demarcated in an administrative division, and handed over the ultimate management of power resources to China Power Group, which was fully responsible for its management.
It can be seen that the development of the mainland's power industry is relatively healthy, but after the reform and opening up, the mainland has also continued to absorb foreign capital, although during this period also gave birth to several private power enterprises, but the number is very limited, so most of the power resources are in the hands of state-owned power enterprises.
And why does the state impose strict restrictions and management on the mainland's power industry?
This is also the intention of the state, because now electricity is an important cornerstone of production, but also involves people's lives, once there is a problem with electricity, then the stability and normal operation of the society have a great impact, so the power enterprise is a national wealth, the country does not want to see these wealth controlled by a small number of people.
If there is excessive competition for power resources, then there will be the purchase of necessary power resources, which will form a random speculation on power resources, resulting in a straight rise in electricity prices, and this situation will not only affect people's lives and production, but also lead to the instability of the whole society, and in serious cases, social unrest may occur.
Therefore, in order to ensure the normal use of power resources, the state divides the power resources of the mainland and becomes a central enterprise, and strictly manages them to ensure the normal use of power resources.
U.S. power is a national disaster.
As the most advanced capitalist country in the world, the United States is even in charge of its electricity resources by private power companies, but these private power companies not only occupy the country's necessary resources, but also push the United States into a crisis for a time.
The United States is the only country in the world that can extract oil from all energy wells, but since the first oil was discovered, the United States has sold its oil resources, but the United States did not expect that the life of oil resources is very short.
In the 70s of the 20th century, as the United States entered a period of oil crisis, the mainland also suffered from the oil crisis.
During this period, the United States has demonstrated the importance of its own power resources, but at this time, American power companies have spared no effort to raise electricity prices.
At that time, the United States still adopted the privatization model, although some companies merged, but the number was relatively large, so under unreasonable competition, the state could hardly obtain profits, and American private power companies began to regulate power resources in order to obtain the maximum benefits.
The United States is a high-consumption country, so it naturally spares no effort in the use of electricity, but during the period of privatization, it rose to $130 per kilowatt-hour.
The American people are naturally complaining, but how many people in the United States know about power resources?
The U.S. power monopoly is in the hands of private companies, so who can the U.S. favor?
Private power companies in the United States have not only sold the country hard to make money, but also brought great suffering to the country.
However, in order to make more money, private power companies in the United States have begun to sell American-owned power resources to neighboring countries.
But how did the United States sell its power resources for the second time?
In fact, the United States did not sell its power resources, but replaced the local power resources of the United States with foreign power resources.
So how does the U.S. transfer its local power resources?
At that time, when private power companies in the United States sold electricity, they adjusted the load rate of power resource utilization, used the form of microgrid to transmit power resources to foreign countries, and then connected the mainland to it through overseas standard lines for real-time control, and finally sold overseas power resources in the United States.
However, due to the fact that the power resources are all controlled by private companies, under the selfish motives of private companies, they did not sell all the power resources of the United States abroad, but took out some of the power resources for sale, which indirectly led to the sharp rise in electricity prices.
One kilowatt-hour of electricity costs more than $60, which is equivalent to hundreds of dollars, and in this way, under the exploitation of private enterprises, the price of electricity in the United States has skyrocketed, and the people of the country will naturally be exhausted by this.
Why is electricity monopolized?
So will private power companies bring a huge economic burden to the country's power resources?
Let's do the math.
Assuming that the power resources of private power companies account for 70 percent and the national power resources account for 30 percent, in the case of privatization, the power resources of the United States will be relatively dispersed, and in order to obtain the greatest economic benefits and bring convenience to the people of the country, the electricity price will be lowered to the normal price, and under strict supervision, there will be no speculation by private enterprises.
The electricity price of private electricity: 65 yuan 70% = 45.5 yuan / kWh
The electricity price of state-owned electricity: 65 yuan 30% = 19.5 yuan / kWh
Total electricity price: 45.5 yuan/kWh + 19.5 yuan/kWh = 65 yuan/kWh
It can be seen that if the electricity resources are privatized, then the electricity price of the state and the electricity price of private enterprises will rise, but after calculation, the electricity price of the state and the electricity price of private enterprises are not much different.
Therefore, there are two reasons why electricity is monopolized:
The first is the protection of national resources to avoid capricious behavior by private enterprises in manipulating electricity prices, resulting in a straight rise in the price of electricity resources;
Second, in order to allow every enterprise to have access to power resources, the state will not affect the development of enterprises because of the difference between rich and poor.