Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) has just submitted a report to the Ministry of Industry and Trade proposing a two-component electricity pricing mechanism.
The two-component electricity price is understood as the price structure where the amount paid is for the registered power capacity and the portion paid for electricity consumed. This is a key difference compared to the current pricing mechanism, which is based on a single component of electricity consumption, i.e., calculated according to the actual amount of electricity used.
To implement the research on two-component electricity pricing, EVN has signed a contract with a consulting firm to develop the project "Research and development of a roadmap for applying two-component electricity pricing (capacity price, energy price) for manufacturing and business customer groups".
The project sets out two main objectives: to research, calculate, develop, and propose a two-component retail electricity pricing system for different customer groups based on existing databases and forecasts of the Vietnamese electricity system.
In addition, research and propose a roadmap for applying two-component electricity tariffs to different customer groups: from pilot implementation to official implementation on a pilot scale and on an expanded scale, gradually replacing single-component electricity tariffs in the current retail electricity pricing structure, ensuring suitability with the electricity sector's technical infrastructure, legal issues, and the level of consumer adaptation to the new tariff structure.
Based on calculations by the consulting firm, EVN proposed a basic plan – a pricing system that purely reflects the cost of electricity supply and takes into account the electricity consumption characteristics of different customer groups.
Customer classification will include non-residential customers; residential customers with consumption up to 2,000 kWh/month; and customers with consumption exceeding 2,000 kWh/month. It will also be classified by voltage level into four categories: ultra-high voltage, high voltage, medium voltage, and low voltage.
For non-residential customers, there will be a common two-component electricity tariff in the form of a capacity price (VND/kW) and a peak/off-peak electricity price (VND/kWh). These are the three groups: production, business, and public administration in the current pricing system.
Residential customers have a large scale and consumption volume of 2,000 kWh/month, similar to non-residential customers but consuming at low voltage levels. Statistics show that this group comprises up to 56,000 customers, and equipping them with a two-component metering system is not feasible in the immediate future.
Therefore, in the initial phase, instead of proposing a new system, a two-component pricing scheme could be considered, applied to households with consumption below 2,000 kWh/month, meaning a fixed price based on a package and a constant electricity price.
For customers with low consumption (less than 2,000 kWh/month): the two-component residential electricity tariff will include a fixed price based on consumption level and a flat rate of 1,598 VND/kWh.
Because this group has a large customer base, customers consuming less than 50kWh/month are still receiving government support. Therefore, the consumption scale for calculating fixed prices is currently being developed according to the current tiered pricing system.
Based on the proposal, the consulting unit developed an implementation roadmap, including a pilot phase; a transition phase: official pilot implementation with selected customers; and a final phase: complete replacement of the current retail electricity pricing system.
During the trial phase, real-time data will be used in parallel with the application of the current retail electricity tariff to calculate electricity bills for normal manufacturing customers until the end of 2024.
After the trial phase is completed, and the two-component pricing scheme is finalized, with the legal framework and other relevant conditions fully prepared, it will be officially implemented on a pilot basis for all customers to replace the current electricity tariff. Other customer groups will continue to use the current tariff.
The ideal solution would be to roll out to all customers starting January 1, 2025, provided the proposed trial phase is implemented and completed as planned.
Source: https://baohaiduong.vn/de-xuat-co-che-gia-dien-hai-thanh-phan-thi-diem-truoc-voi-mot-so-khach-hang-397321.html
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