China's National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy
Administration issued a '15th Five‑Year' New Energy Storage Implementation Plan
directing greater participation of new energy storage in electricity volume
markets. The plan mandates fair access to mid/long‑term and spot markets and
says market price signals should incentivize storage dispatch. It encourages
renewable bases with storage to participate collectively in interprovincial
mid/long‑term markets, allows locally built storage to enter the power market as
independent market participants, and calls for studies to refine price‑cap
ranges and market linkages between mid/long‑term and spot markets to create
space for storage development.