Study on the Price Design of AGC Service in China

according to the characteristics of the AGC in China, and present a method to calculate AGC cost, this method divide AGC cost into power generation cost, equipment investment cost, opportunity cost and adjusting cost. Make independent power producer automatic generation control cost get reasonable recycling, enhance the enthusiasm of the plant to provide ancillary services, avoid causing aspects of the contradiction between supply and demand, and providing assistance to reduce the impact on the quality of power supply. The last is verified by an example.