ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Impact of Electricity Production Tax on China’s
Economy, Energy, and Environment:
A CGE-Based Study
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State Grid Hebei Economic and Technological Research Institute Co., Ltd, Shijiazhuang, China
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State Grid Hebei Electric Power Company Co., Ltd, Shijiazhuang, China
Submission date: 2017-07-11
Final revision date: 2017-12-20
Acceptance date: 2017-12-28
Online publication date: 2018-07-31
Publication date: 2018-11-20
Corresponding author
Yanqin Wang
State Grid Hebei Economic Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050000, China, State Grid Hebei Economic and Technical Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei, China, 050000 Shijiazhuang, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2019;28(1):371-383
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ABSTRACT
The global warming caused by massive energy consumption is one of today’s most serious global
environmental problems. CO2 emissions by the electricity industry in China accounted for 10% of global
CO2 emissions in 2015. This paper studies the impact of different electricity production taxes on China’s
energy, economy, and environment. Nine electricity tax scenarios with different tax rates and a dynamic
recursive computable general equilibrium (CGE) model were created to analyze this issue. The results
show that sectorial output in the coal industry is most sensitive to the tax, and that raising the electricity
tax will directly increase the price of electricity. Moreover, increasing the electricity production tax will
be helpful for achieving the goal of economic transformation, and to reduce energy consumption as well
as CO2 emissions. The longer the implementation of changing the tax, the lower the cost of emission
reduction will be. Therefore, this paper suggests that China can increase the production tax rate of power
enterprises moderately in order to reduce energy consumption and adjust the energy structure.