On March 12, Vice Chairman of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Huu Que requested the Department of Industry and Trade to preside over and coordinate with Gia Lai Power Company and Gia Lai Power Transmission to supplement and orient the development of the electricity industry in the area.
In 2026, the province approved the investment policy and selected investors for a series of renewable energy projects with a scale of trillions of VND.
Therefore, in the process of appraising renewable energy projects, the Vice Chairman of the province requested that there must be a connection agreement from the unit managing and operating the current power grid, thereby ensuring the capacity to unload capacity of the projects.
Functional agencies review all obstacles in planning and plans to implement synchronous power source and grid projects.
Especially the investment progress of the Krong Pa 220 kV substation project and the Krong Pa – Chu Se 220 kV power line to ensure power supply for the Krong Pa area and serve the clearance of capacity of wind and solar power plants in the area.
For key areas and projects, especially the area of the artificial intelligence (AI) center project - auxiliary urban area, Nam Pleiku Industrial Park, Phu My Port and areas with large load demand, Gia Lai Power Company and Gia Lai Power Transmission must focus on ensuring stable power supply.
The supply and discharge of capacity is to meet the requirements of production and business development and to achieve the double-digit economic growth target (from 10% or more) in the period 2026–2030.
Previously, in 2022–2023, as Lao Dong Newspaper reflected, a rooftop solar power fever broke out in Gia Lai (old). A series of businesses rushed to construct and invest in rooftop solar power in localities such as: Chu Prong, Chu Se, Krong Pa, Ia Grai... leading to overload of power transmitted to the grid; at the same time, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the electricity industry to rotate to reduce mobilized power.
The incident has affected businesses, the power output to the grid has not been mobilized, revenue from electricity sales has decreased, and the ability to pay bank loan interest has decreased, so they have complained to functional agencies.
Implementing the adjusted Power Plan VIII, provincial functional agencies need to carefully review and appraise the investment process according to planning, plans and land origin, especially not to lead to power overload on the power grid.
