Direct electricity purchase and sale prices will not follow general regulations on price frameworks.

The draft supplements more clearly the regulations on direct electricity purchase and sale prices agreed upon by the parties, not following the general regulations on electricity purchase and sale price framework.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien presented a report on the issuance of a National Assembly Resolution on mechanisms and policies for national energy development. Photo: Quochoi.vn

On the afternoon of December 4, continuing the 10th Session, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien presented a report on the issuance of the National Assembly Resolution on mechanisms and policies for national energy development in the 2026-2030 period.

The Draft Resolution consists of 8 Chapters and 24 Articles.

In which, Chapter III includes 5 Articles regulating investment in construction of power projects, including: Regulations on abandoning the investment policy of power grid projects after receiving opinions from the National Assembly Committees.

Based on the proposal of an enterprise in which the State holds 100% of the charter capital or an enterprise in which this enterprise holds 100% of the charter capital, the Provincial People's Committee decides to approve this enterprise to be the investor of projects and power transmission grid works in the electricity development plan or the power supply network development plan in the provincial planning;

Regulations on exemption of operating time and number of years of financial statements required to be provided in the conditions of re-borrowing ODA capital and prioritizing the arrangement and funding from the state budget to increase charter capital for the National Electricity System and Market Operation One Member Limited Liability Company (NSMO) to implement infrastructure projects serving the operation of the electricity system and electricity market;

Special regulations on winning electricity prices in bidding to select investors to implement electricity business investment projects due to the prolonged negotiation process of electricity purchase and sale contracts, leading to slow project implementation progress;

Supplementing regulations on state and private enterprises participating in research and investment in the development of small modular nuclear power.

Chapter IV consists of 5 Articles, regulating a number of contents on offshore wind power, including: handling costs performed by 100% state-owned enterprises; regulating the authority to approve investment policies and bidding to select investors for the provincial People's Committee based on the project's capacity gathering point;

The mechanism assigns tasks to a number of reputable, branded, and capable enterprises to carry out the task of developing large-scale offshore wind power associated with ensuring national defense, security, and protecting sovereignty over seas and islands.

Chapter V consists of 1 Article, regulating to promote and implement more effectively the direct power purchase mechanism (DPPA) in the spirit of Resolution 70-NQ/TW of the Politburo, in which the subjects are expanded to allow electricity retailers in industrial parks, economic zones, and export processing zones to directly participate in the power purchase mechanism.

Supplement more clearly the regulations on electricity purchase and sale prices through the DPPA mechanism, which are negotiated and agreed upon by the parties themselves, not following the general regulations on electricity purchase and sale price framework, and specify more clearly the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in regulating the scale of large electricity customers when participating in the DPPA mechanism.

The Minister of Industry and Trade said that the price of electricity purchased and sold through the direct electricity purchase mechanism is negotiated and agreed upon by the parties themselves. Photo: Quochoi.vn

Chapter VI consists of 2 Articles, stipulating that investment projects in the list of important and urgent national oil, gas and coal projects and works do not have to go through investment policy approval procedures.

Assigning 100% state-owned enterprises or enterprises in which the State holds 100% charter capital to implement important and urgent national oil, gas and coal projects and works or projects located in areas sensitive to national defense and security.

Source: https://laodong.vn/thoi-su/gia-mua-ban-dien-truc-tiep-se-khong-theo-quy-dich-chung-ve-khung-gia-1620132.ldo