New regulations on retail prices of household electricity for tenants

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 5, Article 12 of Circular No. 60/2025/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (effective from December 2, 2025) stipulates that the buyer of electricity is used for the living purposes of the tenant as follows:

a) At each rental address, the electricity seller shall only sign one electricity purchase and sale contract. The landlord is responsible for providing information about the residence at the location of the tenant's electricity use;

b) In the case of leasing to households: The homeowner directly signs an electricity sale contract or authorizes the renting household to sign an electricity sale contract (with a commitment to pay the electricity bill), each renting household is entitled to a quota;

c) In case of renting a house to students and workers (the tenant is not a household):

- In case the tenant has a rental contract for 12 months or more and has registered for temporary residence and permanent residence (determined according to information about residence at the location of electricity use), the homeowner directly signs the electricity purchase contract or the tenant's representative signs the electricity purchase contract (with a commitment to pay the homeowner's electricity bill);

- In case the rental period is less than 12 months and the homeowner cannot fully declare the number of electricity users, the retail price of household electricity of level 2 will be applied: From 101 - 200 kWh for the entire electricity output measured at the meter;

- In case the homeowner has fully declared the number of people using electricity, the electricity seller is responsible for issuing the quota to the homeowner based on information about residence at the location of electricity use; every 04 (four) people counted as one household using electricity to calculate the quota for retail price of household electricity, specifically: 01 (one) person is counted as 1/4 of the quota, 02 (two) people are counted as 1/2 of the quota, 03 (three) people are counted as 3/4 of the quota, 04 (four) people are counted as 01 quota. When there is a change in the number of tenants, the landlord is responsible for notifying the electricity seller to adjust the electricity bill calculation norms;

- In case the tenant does not sign a direct contract with the electricity seller, the total electricity bill collected by the tenant must not exceed the electricity bill in the monthly electricity bill issued by the electricity retail unit;

- The electricity seller is allowed to request the electricity buyer to provide information about residence at the location of electricity use as a basis for determining the number of people calculating the standard number when calculating electricity bills.

Thus, from December 2, 2025, the retail price of household electricity for tenants is calculated according to regulations.