EVN to test two-component retail electricity price on paper from October 2025

(Chinhphu.vn) - The subjects of application are groups of production customers directly retailed by EVN and its member units, with an average electricity consumption of 200,000kWh/month or more (average of the last 12 months).

EVN to test two-component electricity price calculation on paper from October 2025

Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) said that implementing the direction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade , EVN has completed the Project "Building a two-component electricity price system (capacity price and electricity price) and a roadmap for application to the Vietnamese electricity industry".

Accordingly, the Ministry of Industry and Trade agreed to the plan to pilot the application of two-component retail electricity prices (including capacity price and electricity price) on paper from October 2025. The subjects of application are groups of production customers directly retailed by EVN and its member units, with an average electricity consumption of 200,000kWh/month or more (calculated on average over the last 12 months).

EVN believes that the pilot implementation of calculations on paper with actual data aims to move towards implementing the policy of applying two-component electricity prices as stipulated in Article 50 of the Electricity Law (amended) in 2024; gradually replacing single-component electricity price tables in the current retail electricity price structure, ensuring compliance with the technical infrastructure conditions of the electricity industry, legal issues as well as the level of adaptation to the new price table of consumers.

The 2-component electricity price is the electricity price including the price of the largest used capacity and the price of electricity, so the electricity bill that consumers have to pay will include 2 parts: The part paid for the used capacity represents the fixed cost of the electricity supply process and the part paid for the consumed electricity reflects the variable cost arising according to the actual electricity usage of the customer.

With such construction principles, the two-component electricity price is an effective message for electricity customers to always pay attention to the electricity usage mode. If with the same consumption output but customers reduce the usage capacity (Pmax), the electricity bill will decrease and also help the electricity industry reduce the maximum load capacity of the power system, contributing to more efficient operation of the power system, saving investment costs and rational use of social resources.

From October 2025, electricity corporations/power companies will send notices of the results of the experimental electricity bill calculation on paper according to the two-component electricity price to customers subject to the test, including a comparison of the electricity bill according to the current one-component electricity price list and the electricity bill according to the two-component electricity price list.

EVN clearly noted that this is only a trial activity and calculation on paper, not yet applied to actual electricity bills during the trial period.

Anh Tho

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/evn-thu-nghiem-gia-ban-le-dien-2-thanh-phan-tren-giay-tu-thang-10-2025-102251010104522372.htm