On July 15, at the Government Headquarters, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha chaired a meeting on the Electricity Law project (amended).
According to the Government Office, at the meeting, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Do Thanh Trung said that the revised Electricity Law must solve two important problems: bidding, investor selection and electricity prices.
General Director of Vietnam Electricity Group Nguyen Anh Tuan proposed unifying bidding regulations for selecting investors for power source development projects according to principles and criteria on electricity selling prices; policies to convert fossil energy power sources to low emission fuel sources or renewable energy; Apply electricity price calculation mechanism based on mobilization time or ladder to adjust electricity usage behavior of consumers.
Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the Ministry of Industry and Trade to review resolutions, documents, and directions of the Party, National Assembly, Government, and Prime Minister, and synthesize them into main groups. Books related to electricity development.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade fully absorbed comments and pointed out the shortcomings, problems and difficulties in the electricity sector for businesses, people, state management agencies, legal regulations... first. the need to ensure energy security for the economy.
At the same time, the Deputy Prime Minister also noted the implementation of international commitments on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and converting from fossil energy to renewable energy and clean energy.
The Electricity Law (amended) needs to address the relationship between the market economy and socialist orientation in the direction of separating State management from business and electricity production.
At the same time, create a legal corridor for renewable energy and activities to research, receive and transfer new energy technologies; developing and exporting offshore wind power, producing green fuels such as green hydrogen and green ammonia.
The first is the largest, most important, and most difficult group of policies: developing the electricity market according to market economic institutions, competition, and transparency from selecting power project investors to calculating plans. electricity price sold to users.
The second is a group of policies to convert fossil energy sources to renewable energy and new energy; Reduce negative impacts of the energy transition process on businesses, people, and the economy.
Third is the group of policies related to research, transfer, mastery, development, application of science and technology, and digital transformation for the electricity industry; Forming industrial centers for renewable energy and offshore wind power.
In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister also noted that the Ministry of Industry and Trade is interested in policies on efficient use, energy saving, and environmental protection; Vietnam's development strategy becomes the energy center of the region and the world.
At the same time, pay attention to the role of the State in ensuring system safety, encouraging the development of base power (electricity storage batteries, pumped storage hydropower, safe nuclear power) to increase the rate of electricity mobilization. renewable, new energy.
