The Ministry of Industry and Trade petitions for socialization of the transmission grid

The Ministry of Industry and Trade petitioned the Prime Minister to consider and submit to the National Assembly for promulgation of the Law on Investment in the form of public-private partnership; which allowed the application of socialization regulations to the transmission network. In consequence, a proposal for private investment in the transmission grid would be applied in accordance with this Law.

The above content is stated in the Document No.2321/BCT-DL dated 31 March, 2020 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade on explaining the Electricity Law, exclusive right content of the State in transmission activities.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade recommended that, in case of investment in a transmission grid serving the connection of a power plant/cluster of power plants to the national power system, it must be implemented on the basis of connection agreements in accordance with current legal regulations of electric law. In case of problems in the connection agreement, the investor or Vietnam Electricity/ National Power Transmission Corporation proposes the Ministry of Industry and Trade to consider and resolve according to its competence or report to the Prime Minister to handle.

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade petitioned the Prime Minister to assign the Ministry of Industry and Trade to review and propose amendments and supplements to the Electricity Law in Resolution No. 55-NQ/TW.


  • 04/05/2020 05:14
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