Demand for more than 9 billion kWh of electricity in eastern Ho Chi Minh City
On March 25, Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation coordinated with the Department of Industry and Trade and the Department of Finance to organize a conference on solutions for electricity supply and services with customers in export processing zones and industrial parks in the eastern area of the city (formerly Ba Ria - Vung Tau).
It is expected that in 2026, industrial - seaport - logistics load operations, oil and gas services and tourism - trade load of the eastern area of Ho Chi Minh City will maintain positive growth; GRDP in the region will continue to grow steadily, leading to increased electricity demand, especially for industry and logistics. In addition, the forecast of prolonged hot weather in the Southern region also increases household, commercial - service loads. It is estimated that the electricity industry must supply over 9 billion kWh (an increase of about 7% compared to the same period in 2025) to the eastern area of Ho Chi Minh City to ensure demand.
Although the power system in the eastern area of the city overall still meets the demand, at peak times, it is likely that some areas will approach full load levels, increasing pressure on power grid operation...
Deploying many solutions to ensure supply
According to Ho Chi Minh City Power Company, to ensure supply, the unit needs to proactively use flexible operating methods, accelerate investment progress and strengthen coordination with customers. Initially, the unit has developed a scenario to respond to dry season power supply from 1,350MW to 1,423MW (an increase of 5.6% to 11.3% compared to the same period in 2025). As well as moving towards investing more than 500 billion VND for 75 projects to renovate and upgrade power grids, consolidate equipment, and prevent overload...
At the same time, focus on synchronously deploying solutions to renovate, modernize and optimize the operation of the power grid in a proactive, flexible and customer-centered direction. For example, optimizing and synchronizing many work items in one power outage to minimize the number of power interruptions.
Ho Chi Minh City Electricity will continue to promote digital transformation applications to optimize customer care processes and improve customer experience; strengthen targets for member companies on customer service...
