Mr. Duong Van Thang - Vice Chairman of Tay Ninh Provincial People's Committee (left) and Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Duc - General Director of EVNSPC (right) co-chaired the conference - Photo: Tran Dinh Hoang
Since the beginning of the year, the Southern Power Corporation has ensured sufficient electricity supply for socio-economic development and people’s life in 21 Southern provinces and cities. Thanks to the coordination between local authorities and the Corporation, many areas such as construction investment, power grid planning and development, execution of Directive No. 20 of the Prime Minister on enhancing electricity saving during the period 2023 - 2025 and the following years, etc. have been carried out smoothly.
On this occasion, EVNSPC has raised many proposals and recommendations related to the general planning of the provinces such as: The local authorities should promptly complete and submit to the Prime Minister for consideration and approval of the provincial and city master plans from 2021 to 2030, with a vision to 2050, which will serve as a basis for investors to implement electricity development projects; as for projects listed as critical power grid projects, it is recommended that the local authorities support the route agreement or site acquisition in parallel with the implementation of procedures for obtaining "policy investment decisions" and land related legal procedures.
EVNSPC also recommended considering the landmark placement for rights of way of 110kV - 220kV lines and substations which are included in the approved Power Grid Development Plans, based on which the districts shall approve general layout planning (1/2000 and 1/500 plans) and allocating land funds for other projects in accordance with the land funds and route alignments of power grid projects. Along with that, the local authorities are requested to create favorable conditions for the site and route agreement process, land use plan registration (annual and 5-year plans) of future projects; simplifying procedures and shortening durations of investment policy approval, investor acceptance for power projects, and exempting investors from project performance bond requirement.