THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM |
No: 276/2006/QD-TTg | Hanoi, December 04, 2006 |
DECISION
ON SELLING PRICES OF ELECTRICITY
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the December 3, 2004 Electricity Law and the Government's Decree No. 105/2005/ND-CP of August 17, 2005, detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Electricity Law;
Pursuant to the April 26, 2002 Price Ordinance and the Government's Decree No. 170/2003/ND-CP of December 25, 2003, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Price Ordinance;
At the proposal of the Minister of Industry,
Article 1.- To approve the roadmap for adjustment of electricity prices in the 2007-2010 period as follows:
a/ From January 1, 2007, the average retail price of electricity will be VND 842/kWh.
b/ From July 1, 2008, the average retail price of electricity will be VND 890/kWh.
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Article 2.- To approve the plan for adjusting electricity prices in 2007 on the following principles:
- The State continues to support electricity consumers being poor people, low-income earners and rural households (now accounting for 80% of the national population);
- The roadmap for adjustment of electricity prices must ensure incremental abolition of price subsidies for production and that enterprises, even those producing and dealing in electricity, can correctly and fully calculate production costs and practice cost-accounting in a transparent manner;
- Electricity prices must encourage the economical and efficient use of electricity in both production and daily life.
Article 3.- Retail prices of electricity from January 1, 2007, are as follows:
a/ The Table of retail prices of electricity applicable to different subjects is included in the Appendix to this Decision;
Selling prices of electricity specified in the Appendix to this Decision are exclusive of value added tax;
b/ The ceiling retail price of rural daily-life electricity is VND 700/kWh;
c/ For electricity retailed by independent electricity generation units directly to different categories of electricity consumers, the retail price brackets shall be agreed by the two parties but must not be higher or lower by 25% than the selling prices of electricity specified in the Appendix to this Decision.
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Electricity consumers, first of all production and business enterprises, shall take the initiative in applying appropriate measures to use electricity rationally, especially during peak hours, contributing to well implementing the Government's guideline on the efficient and economical use of electricity.
Article 5.- Organization of implementation
1. The Ministry of Industry shall:
a/ Coordinate with the Ministry of Finance in guiding the application of retail prices of electricity specified in Article 3 of this Decision;
b/ Set wholesale prices of electricity supplied for rural areas, dormitories and population clusters according to its competence and in compliance with the principles set in Article 2 of this Decision;
c/ Coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and provincial-level People's Committees in directing the retail of electricity to rural areas at the ceiling prices of rural daily-life electricity specified in this Decision;
d/ Formulate and submit in the first quarter of 2008 to the Prime Minister a plan on retail prices of electricity according to Clause b, Article 1 of this Decision (the average retail price of electricity will be VND 890/kWh from July 1, 2008);
e/ Formulate and submit to the Prime Minister a mechanism for adjusting retail prices of electricity to ensure that from 2010 retail prices of electricity shall be market-driven;
f/ Direct the electricity industry to take measures to save costs and reduce power loss to achieve the targets set in Article 4 of this Decision;
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2. The Ministry of Finance shall coordinate with the Ministry of Industry and concerned agencies in assessing the impacts of the adjusted electricity prices on production and life, take the initiative in applying measures to control prices according to its competence and, at the same time, report and propose to the Prime Minister necessary measures to stabilize the market.
3. Provincial-level People's Committee presidents shall direct and supervise units and organizations selling electricity to rural households in their localities to apply the ceiling prices of rural daily-life electricity specified in this Decision.
Article 6.- Implementation effect
This Decision takes effect on January 1, 2007.
Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies, presidents of provincial/municipal People's Committees, electricity sellers nationwide, and concerned units shall implement this Decision
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TABLE OF RETAIL PRICES OF ELECTRICITY
(Promulgated together with the Prime Ministers Decision No. 276/2006/QD-TTg of December 4, 2006)
Unit of calculation: VND/kWh
No.
Subjects of application of electricity retail prices
Retail price
1
Retail prices of electricity supplied for production
1.1
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1.1.1
At a voltage of 110 kV or higher
a/ Regular hours
785
b/ Off-peak hours
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c/ Peak hours
1,590
1.1.2
At a voltage of between 22 kV and under 110 kV
a/ Regular hours
815
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b/ Off-peak hours
445
c/ Peak hours
1,645
1.1.3
At a voltage of between 6 kV and under 22 kV
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860
b/ Off-peak hours
480
c/ Peak hours
1,715
1.1.4
At a voltage of under 6 kV
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a/ Regular hours
895
b/ Off-peak hours
505
c/ Peak hours
1,775
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Pumping water for rice fields and subsidiary crops
1.2.1
At a voltage of 6 kV or higher
a/ Regular hours
600
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240
c/ Peak hours
1,140
1.2.2
At a voltage of under 6 kV
a/ Regular hours
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b/ Off-peak hours
250
c/ Peak hours
1,200
2
Retail prices of electricity supplied for administrative and non-business agencies
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Hospitals, nurseries, kindergartens, general schools
2.1.1
At a voltage of 6 kV or higher
875
2.1.2
At a voltage of under 6 kV
920
2.2
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2.2.1
At a voltage of 6 kV or higher
965
2.2.2
At a voltage of under 6 kV
1,005
2.3
Administrative and non-business agencies
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2.3.1
At a voltage of 6 kV or higher
990
2.3.2
At a voltage of under 6 kV
1,030
3
Progressive retail prices of daily-life electricity
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For the first 100 kWh
550
3.2
From 101 kWh to 150 kWh
1,110
3.3
From 151 kWh to 200 kWh
1,470
3.4
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1,600
3.5
From 301 kWh to 400 kWh
1,720
3.6
From 401 kWh
1,780
4
Retail prices of electricity supplied for business and service activities
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4.1
At a voltage of 22 kV or higher
a/ Regular hours
1,410
b/ Off-peak hours
770
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c/ Peak hours
2,615
4.2
At a voltage of between 6 kV and under 22 kV
a/ Regular hours
1,510
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885
c/ Peak hours
2,715
4.3
At a voltage of under 6 kV
a/ Regular hours
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b/ Off-peak hours
915
c/ Peak hours
2,855
- 1 Circular No. 11/2006/TT-BCN of December 20, 2006 guiding the application of selling prices of electricity
- 2 Decree No. 105/2005/ND-CP of August 17, 2005, on guiding the Electricity Law
- 3 Decree No. 170/2003/ND-CP of December 25, 2003, detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Ordinance on prices
- 4 Ordinance No. 40/2002/PL-UBTVQH10 of April 26, 2002, on prices