Electricity price structure
EVN announces start of testing the calculation of two-component electricity prices on paper
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From October 2025, EVN will send a notice of the results of calculating the electricity bill for the test on paper according to the two-component electricity price to customers subject to testing.
Proposal to publicize electricity price calculation methods and update cycles for people to monitor
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Commenting on the Draft Circular on the implementation of electricity prices, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province said that it is necessary to publicize the method of calculating electricity prices and the update cycle for people to monitor.
All costs included in electricity prices must be audited and transparent
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According to experts, although there are objective reasons to gradually allocate EVN's loss-making costs to electricity prices, it is necessary to require EVN to report in detail the cost of the loss.
How will the increase in electricity prices be if EVN is included in the price loss
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According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, if the Draft Decree 72/2025/ND-CP is issued in a timely manner, the electricity price will not be affected in the last months of 2025.
Mechanism to support electricity bills for living purposes for poor households
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Poor households are supported with electricity bills for living purposes according to the criteria of the law, the monthly support level is equivalent to the electricity bill for 30 kWh.
Slow increase in electricity prices, the price to pay is not in the invoice
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According to experts, a reasonable, transparent and market-oriented roadmap is needed to ensure that it does not create "shock" for people and the economy.
Eliminate the inequality of leveling when electricity price is calculated like telephone bill
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Experts believe that the development and implementation of a two-component electricity price list is appropriate and necessary to have a sustainable electricity price list.
Revised Electricity Law Project: Eliminate cross-subsidy, bring electricity prices towards the market
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After nearly 20 years, the Electricity Law has been amended and supplemented four times but still has some limitations, including the cross-subsidy mechanism for electricity prices. Therefore, experts believe that with three major contents, the amended Electricity Law, when passed, will resolve these shortcomings.
A fair electricity market is a condition for sustainable development
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The Government's desire to pass the Electricity Law (amended) under the one-session process this time is legitimate and urgent. Because this is a very important law project, affecting many areas of the economy, including the unreasonable cross-subsidization of electricity prices that has existed for 10 years now, with the price of electricity for households often being higher than the price of electricity sold to manufacturing enterprises. This not only causes injustice to consumers, but also distorts the electricity market, when the retail price of electricity does not fully reflect production costs and has not created signals to attract investment in this industry.
