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PM orders solutions to ensure power supply in dry season

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered drastic measures to ensure electricity supply in this dry season and the coming time.
PM orders solutions to ensure power supply in dry season ảnh 1EVN staff check power system operations (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hasordered drastic measures to ensure electricity supply in this dry season andthe coming time.

In a dispatch sent to the Minister of Industry and Trade,the Chairperson of the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises(CMSC), the Chairpersons of the People’s Committees of centrally-run cities andprovinces, and leaders of Vietnam Electricity (EVN), Vietnam Oil andGas Group (Petrovietnam) and Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group(Vinacomin), the PM pointed to problems in power supply in the northern region.

He noted that the severe heat and impacts from El Ninophenomena have led to a surge in power demand, coupled with drought inmany northern localities causing extremely low water level in hydropowerreservoirs, thus greatly affecting the supply of electricity in the dry seasonof 2023.

Despite efforts of relevant parties, there are still factorsnegatively affecting the supply of electricity in the time to come, especially in the northern region.

Amid this situation, the Government leader asked theMinistry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to review and evaluate the current powersupply and emerging factors that can affect power supply to strengthen the efficiency and enforcement ofState management in the work, while promptly guiding the EVN to designscenarios to effectively deal with difficulties in the field. This work must becompleted by June 10, requested the PM.

The MoIT was asked to promptly finalise a PM’s directive on strengtheningpower saving in the 2023-2025 period and following years and submit to the PMby June 8. The ministry was also ordered to complete a PM’s decree on ensuringpower supply and the supply of coal and gas for electricity production andsubmit to him by June 15.

Alongside, the PM also asked the MoIT to instruct thenegotiations of purchasing prices of solar and wind power and complete the workwithin June. The ministry should review legal regulations to issue guidance on investment in powertransmission grid in accordance with approved electricity development planning, with attention paid to investment in the form of public-private partnership, andsummit to the PM a plan to realise the National Power Development Plan for the2021 - 2030 period (PDP VIII). The PM also requested the ministry to promptly takethe management of the National Load Dispatch Centre within June.

The Government leader asked the CMSC, the EVN, PetroVietnamand Vinacomin, within their remit, to coordinate with each other inimplementing measures to ensure power supply in the dry season of 2023 andfollowing years, and report to the PM issues beyond their authority.

Particularly, the EVN was asked to focus on buildingscenarios to respond to difficulties in power supply and effectively rollingout power saving measures, especially in June. Meanwhile, the Vinacomin andPetrovietnam was requested to ensure the supply of coal and gas for powerplants at the request of EVN.

The PM also assigned the MoIT to form an inspectionteam to examine the power supply management at the EVN from January 2021 toJune 1, 2023./.
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