Di Yi Cai Jing·2025-12-23 00:37Core Insights - The report from CITIC Securities indicates that by 2026, power generation companies and electricity users will need to sign medium- to long-term contracts that involve time-of-use pricing and curve signing, linking user-side time-based electricity prices to spot market trading results, moving away from government-mandated peak and valley prices [1] Group 1 - The deepening of electricity market reform is highlighted, as the current government-mandated peak and valley price differences and time period lengths generally exceed those of the spot market [1] - The adjustment in mechanisms is expected to impact the profitability model of commercial and industrial energy storage, as the spot price differences are small and demand adjustment in insufficient areas may pressure the profitability of commercial and industrial energy storage [1] - The issue of power system capacity shortage remains significant, approaching a critical point where capacity shortages may accelerate, which is expected to support the long-term development of energy storage [1]