China electricity prices
The residential electricity price in China is
CNY 0.547 per kWh or USD 0.075.
The electricity price for businesses is
CNY 0.634 kWh or
USD 0.087.
These retail prices were collected in March 2024 and include the cost of power, distribution and transmission, and all taxes and fees.
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Historical quarterly data, along with the latest update from September 2024 are available for download.
Sources: General Office of Guangzhou Municipal Government, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), The People's Government of Beijing Municipality, The State Grid Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company
Electricity price analysis for China
- Residential electricity prices in China are 49.91% of the world average electricity price and 93.57% of the average price in Asia.
- Business electricity rates in China are 59.28% of the world average price and 83.09% of the average in Asia.
- Household rates are 86.28% of the business rates.
- Electricity prices paid by small businesses in China are 106.47% of the prices paid by big businesses.
- The price paid by households with low electricity consumption is 94.66% of the price paid by households with high electricity consumption.
- Fossil fuels: 66.16%
- Wind: 8.71%
- Solar: 4.78%
- Hydro: 15.55%
- Nuclear: 4.80%
- Geothermal: 0.00%
