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THE
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
11/2006/TT-BCN
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Hanoi,
December 20, 2006
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CIRCULAR
GUIDING THE APPLICATION OF SELLING PRICES OF ELECTRICITY
Pursuant to the Government's Decree
No.55/2003/ND-CP of May 28, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and
organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry;
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 Prime Minister's Decision No. 276/2006/QD-TTg of December 4,
2006, on selling prices of electricity, and the Industry Minister's Decision
No. 45/2006/QD-BCN of December 14, 2006, on wholesale prices of electricity
applicable to rural areas and wholesale prices applicable to dormitories and
residential quarters;
After consulting the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry guides the
application of selling prices of electricity as follows:
I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1 This Circular guides the implementation of the
Prime Minister's Decision No. 276/2006/QD-TTg of December 4, 2006, on selling
prices of electricity (hereinafter referred to as Decision No.
276/2006/QD-TTg), and the Industry Minister's Decision No. 45/2006/QD-BCN of
December 14, 2006, on wholesale prices of electricity applicable to rural
areas, dormitories and residential quarters (hereinafter referred to as Decision
No. 45/2006/QD-BCN).
2. The retail prices of electricity specified in
Clause a and Clause b, Article 3 of Decision No. 276/2006/QD-TTg and the
wholesale prices of electricity applicable to rural areas and dormitories and
residential quarters specified in Decision No. 45/2006/QD-BCN apply to subjects
that sign electricity purchase and sale contracts directly with units selling
electricity from the national grid. The selling prices of electricity are based
on electricity quality standards stipulated in 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.
3. The signing of electricity sale and purchase
contracts complies with the provisions of the Electricity Law and other current
regulations.
4. The selling prices of electricity must be
correctly applied to proper subjects and for proper use purposes as guided in
this Circular.
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If the electricity buyer changes the electricity
use purpose, thus leading to price change, it must notify the electricity
seller thereof 15 days in advance for adjustment of the contractual price. The
electricity seller shall inspect and promptly apply a proper selling price of
electricity to the electricity buyer according to regulations.
In case of wrong application of the price to an
electricity user, thus causing damage to the electricity buyer or the
electricity seller, an electricity charge shall be retrospectively collected or
refunded. When the time of wrong application of the price cannot be determined,
an electricity charge arising within 12 months preceding the time of detection
of the wrong application shall be retrospectively collected or refunded.
5. When the electricity buyer uses electricity
for different purposes at different prices, the electricity seller shall
install separate meters for each price; Pending the installation of separate
meters, the electricity buyer and seller shall base on the actual use of
electricity to determine the specific percentages of electricity volume at each
price and include them in the electricity purchase and sale contract.
6. If the electricity buyer uses electricity
during the time when the electricity meter is lost or does not work, the volume
of the used electricity shall be determined under the provisions of Clause 3,
Article 14 of the Government's Decree No. 105/2005/ND-CP and of the electricity
purchase and sale contract. The applicable electricity price accords with the
electricity use purpose indicated in the electricity purchase and sale
contract. Particularly for the electricity user to which three prices are
applied, the selling price of electricity is the average of the last three
cycles of meter recording; if only one cycle is or two cycles are available,
the selling price of electricity applicable during regular hours shall be
applied.
7. The retail prices of electricity sold
directly by independent electricity generation units to electricity-using
organizations and individuals comply with the provisions of Point c, Article 3
of Decision No. 276/2006/QD-TTg.
8. In this Circular, the terms below are construed
as follows:
a/ Electricity buyer means an organization or
individual signing a contract on purchase of electricity from the electricity
seller for direct use or resale to other organizations or individuals.
b/ Electricity seller means a unit that wholesales
or retails electricity and is licensed to conduct electricity activities in the
domain of electricity wholesale and retail.
II. RETAIL PRICES OF
ELECTRICITY BASED ON VOLTAGE LEVELS AND USE TIME IN THE DAY
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The voltage-based selling prices of electricity
stipulated in Decision No. 276/QD-TTg apply to all electricity buyers,
excluding those buying electricity at the retail prices of electricity used for
daily life and at the wholesale prices of electricity applicable to rural
areas, dormitories and residential quarters.
Electricity charges shall be calculated based on
the prices set for the voltage level at which the electricity measurement or
recording system is installed.
2. Selling prices of electricity based on use
time in the day.
2.1. The selling prices of electricity are set
according to the time of using electricity in the day (hereinafter called the
three-price form).
a/ The time of using electricity in the day for
application of the three-price form is prescribed as follows:
- Regular hours: From 04.00 hrs to 18.00 hrs (14
hours).
- Peak hours: From 18.00 hrs to 22.00 hrs (4
hours).
- Off-peak hours: From 22.00 hrs to 04.00 hrs of
the following day (6 hours).
b/ The selling prices of electricity in the
three-price form are applied to the following electricity buyers:
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- Electricity buyers that use electricity for
water pumping for irrigation for rice, subsidiary crops or intercropped
short-term industrial plants.
c/ The purchase of electricity in the
three-price form is encouraged for electricity buyers that use electricity for
production, business and service purposes with an electricity volume lower than
the above-prescribed level and have transformers;
The electricity seller has the responsibility to
create conditions and provide guidance for the electricity buyer to install
three-price meters.
2.2. The electricity seller shall prepare
sufficient electricity meters to be installed for electricity buyers subject to
the application of the three-price form. Pending the installation of
three-price electricity meters by the electricity seller, the selling prices of
electricity for regular hours shall be applied.
2.3. When the electricity seller is able to
install three-price meters and sends a written notice in advance on the plan on
installation of a three-price meter to the electricity buyer that is subject to
the application of the three-price form, the electricity buyer shall coordinate
with the electricity seller in facilitating the installation of the three-price
meter.
If the electricity buyer subject to the
application of the three-price form still refuses the installation of a
three-price meter after it has been notified three times by the electricity
seller, after 15 days counting from the first notification, the electricity
seller may apply the selling price of electricity applicable during peak hours
to the whole used volume of electricity till a three-price meter is installed.
2.4. When an electricity buyer subject to the
application of the three-price form has organizations and individuals that uses
a common electricity meter and are not subject to the application of the
three-price form, the electricity seller shall install separate electricity
meters for such organizations and individuals as principal users to directly
sign electricity purchase and sale contracts.
If the technical conditions do not permit the
installation of separate meters for signing contracts with organizations and
individuals that are using a common meter, the electricity seller shall install
three-price meters for such organizations and individuals and deduct
electricity volume according to their actual use. Pending the installation of
three-price meters, these organizations and individuals that use a common meter
are entitled to the electricity price applicable during regular hours.
Example: Factory A is an electricity
buyer having a transformer of 560 kVA and being subject to the application of
the three-price form. It has organizations and individuals that use a common
meter but are not subject to the three-price form, including:
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- Vocational training school B eligible for the
electricity price applicable to non-business administrative agencies.
These electricity users, which share a common
meter, are entitled to the installation of a three-price meter for deduction of
electricity volume. So, the use time-based electricity volume of factory A is
calculated as follows:
Unit of
calculation: kWh
Regular hours
Peak hours
Off-peak hours
1. Total used electricity (indicated by
meter)
7,856,000
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3,450,000
2. Electricity used by
vocational-training school B (indicated by meter)
1,572,000
457,000
356,000
3. Electricity used for daily-life
activities (indicated by meter)
560,800
349,400
175, 000
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5,723,200
1,343,600
2,919,000
III. SELLING PRICES OF
ELECTRICITY BASED ON ELECTRICITY USERS
1. Selling prices of
electricity used for production
1.1. Selling prices of electricity applicable to
production branches
Applicable to all electricity buyers that use
electricity for production activities in the following branches:
- Industry (including refining of steel, ferrous
metals and clindon, production of soda, urea, apatite ore and yellow phosphor);
- Construction; transport; mining; forestry;
fishery;
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- Production of clean water (including
electricity used at clean water business offices) for daily-life, production
and business activities;
When the electricity buyer is an organization or
individual that produces clean water in a village or commune for sale to
households for use, if it uses electricity after the general meter, the
wholesale price of electricity used for other purposes in rural areas shall be
applied; if it uses electricity under a separate contract, the selling price of
electricity used for production activities shall be applied.
- Offices of groups, corporations and production
and business management companies;
- Warehouses of goods (finished products and semi-finished
products) being in the process of production;
- Public-utility enterprises;
- Pumping for water drainage or treatment of
wastewater for cities and towns;
- Radio-receiving and -transmitting stations of
post and telecommunications companies;
- Other production activities.
1.2. Selling prices of electricity used for
water pumping for irrigation and drainage
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2. Selling prices of
electricity applicable to non-business administrative agencies:
2.1. Selling prices of electricity applicable to
non-business administrative agencies:
The selling prices of electricity applicable to
electricity buyers being:
- State administrative agencies; non-business
units; armed force units; political organizations; socio-political
organizations; and professional associations;
- Embassies, diplomatic agencies and
representative offices of international organizations (not engaged in business
management);
- Units operating in the domains of culture,
art, press, physical training and sports (including swimming pools, tennis
courts,...); radio, television stations; theaters, art performance companies;
companies and cinemas, circuses, culture and information houses; gymnasiums;
museums, memorial houses, exhibition houses, funeral houses and crematories;
- Sections of trade fairs or market management
boards, which are provided with budgetary funds; sections of guest houses and
motels of administrative agencies or non-business units, which are provided
with budgetary funds. The electricity buyers must supply legal documents on the
use of budgetary funds as the basis for determining the electricity prices pro
rata;
Example: Guest house A is a unit attached
to a government agency. The electricity volume used for its activities funded
by the government agency is liable to the selling price applicable to
non-business administrative agencies while the electricity volume used for
business activities is liable to the price applicable to business and service
activities.
- Health insurance and social insurance
agencies;
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- Central and local organizations and agencies
distributing books and newspapers (including shops), supplying school and
medical equipment (including shops) and foreign charity organizations;
- Consultancy establishments (excluding those
mentioned at Point 2.2, Item 2, Section III of this Circular);
- Reserve storehouses with the national reserve
function prescribed by competent authorities which are attached and not
attached to the National Reserve Department.
- The social policy bank operating not for
profits.
- Project management units.
- Goods manufacture activities of administrative
agencies and non-business units are subject to the selling price of electricity
applicable to production activities; business and service activities of
administrative agencies and non-business units are subject to the selling price
of electricity applicable to business activities.
2.2. Selling prices of electricity applicable to
hospitals, crches, kindergartens and general education schools:
Applicable to the following subjects:
- Crches, kindergartens and general education
schools of all levels: primary schools, lower secondary schools, higher
secondary schools, regular education centers (sections in charge of providing
general education), ethnic minority boarding schools of all types: public,
semi-public and people-founded;
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These establishments must have founding
decisions or practice licenses issued by competent authorities. If not, they
are subject to the selling price of electricity applicable to business and
service activities.
2.3. Selling prices of electricity used for
public lighting:
To be applied to electricity buyers using electricity
for public lighting of streets, parks, alleys, temples, pagodas, churches,
classified historical relic areas, war martyrs cemeteries, dormitories or
stairs thereof, condominium lifts, and water pumping in service of dormitories
and residential quarters.
3. Progressive retail prices of
electricity used for daily-life activities:
3.1. Progressive retail prices of electricity
used for daily-life activities apply to households using electricity for their
daily-life needs under electricity purchase and sale contracts signed with
electricity sellers.
Examples on the calculation of monthly
electricity charges are as follows:
Case 1: The electricity buyer uses 60 kWh
in the month.
The money amount payable by the electricity
buyer is VND 36,300, including:
+ The electricity charge for 60 kWh x VND
550/kWh = VND 33,000
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Case 2: The electricity buyer uses 500
kWh in the month
The money amount payable by the electricity
buyer is VND 763,400, including:
- The first 100 kWh:
100 kWh x VND 550/kWh = VND 55,000
- The next 50 kWh:
50 kWh x VND 1,110/kWh = VND 55,500
- The next 50 kWh:
50 kWh x VND 1,470/kWh = VND 73,500
- The next 100 kWh:
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- The next 100 kWh:
100 kWh x VND 1,720/kWh = VND 172,000
- The remaining 100 kWh:
100 kWh x VND 1,780/kWh = VND 178,000
Total electricity charge = VND 694.000
VAT 10% = VND 69,400
3.2. The electricity buyer that has separate
households using a common meter (with separate household registration books)
should request the electricity seller to install separate meters for each
household so that these households can sign electricity purchase and sale
contracts directly with the electricity seller.
Pending the installation of separate meters for
households by the electricity seller, the retail price of electricity is
temporarily applied as follows: For an electricity buyer that has less than 10
electricity-using households in towns, townships, district capitals, suburbs of
cities, or less than 15 households in inner city areas, the progressive retail
prices of electricity are applied to such households on the principle that the
common progressive level for the electricity buyer is equal to the maximum
electricity volume of each level prescribed in the electricity price bracket
multiplied by the number of households using the common meter.
Example: An electricity buyer has 4
households using electricity through one meter, the electricity charge is calculated
at the progressive retail prices of electricity used for their daily-life
activities as follows:
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- 50 kWh x 4 households = The next 200 kWh at
the price of VND 1,110/kWh.
- 50 kWh x 4 households = The next 200 kWh at
the price of VND 1,470/kWh
- 100 kWh x 4 households = The next 400 kWh at
the price of VND 1,600/kWh
- 100 kWh x 4 households = The next 400 kWh at
the price of VND 1,720/kWh
- From kWh No. 1601 on, the price of VND
1,780/kWh applies.
3.3. For an electricity buyer being one
household signing many contracts for daily-life electricity purchase and sale
(for each contract, a meter is installed) and using electricity for daily-life
activities at one location, the volume for calculation of the electricity
charge at the progressive price of electricity used for daily life is the
aggregate of electricity volumes recorded by the meters at the location of that
household.
3.4. When an electricity buyer that signs a
contract to buy electricity for daily-life activities at the progressive retail
price of electricity used for daily life conducts other activities (production,
business...) and uses electricity through the meter of electricity used for
daily life: If the electricity volume measured by the meter is no more than 50
kWh/household (with a separate household registration book), the electricity
charge is calculated at the progressive price of electricity used for daily
life; if it is over 50 kWh/household, the electricity charge is calculated at
the price for every use purpose according to the percentage indicated in the
contract.
Example: An electricity buyer signing a
contract on purchase of electricity for daily-life needs with the progressive
retail price of electricity used for daily-life conducts production, business
and/or service activities and uses electricity through a meter of electricity
used for daily life. The electricity buyer and seller agree in the contract
that electricity used for daily-life is 80%, electricity for production 10%,
and electricity for business 10%.
+ If in the month this household uses 45
kWh/month, 100% the price of electricity used for daily life applies at the
rate of VND 550/kWh for the first 100 kWh.
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- The electricity volume subject to the
progressive price of electricity used for daily life: 120 kWh (150 kWh x 80%)
+ The first 100 kWh at the price of VND 550/kWh
+ The next 20 kWh at the price of VND 1,110/kWh.
- The electricity volume subject to the price of
electricity used for production: 15 kWh (150 kWh x 10%);
- The electricity volume subject to the price of
electricity used for business: 15 kWh (150 kWh x 10%);
3.5. For customers buying electricity through
their separate transformers for daily-life purposes, the electricity charges
are calculated based on the progressive retail prices of electricity used for
daily life.
3.6. The signing of electricity purchase
contracts with tenants for daily-life purposes is effected as follows:
a/ At each address of a rented house (according
to the lessor's house ownership paper), the electricity seller shall sign only
one electricity purchase and sale contract, which is a tripartite contract signed
between the electricity seller, the person directly signing the house renting
contract or a representative of tenants (when more than one person jointly sign
the house renting contract) and the owner of the rented house. When a tenant
fails to pay an electricity charge for any reason, the owner of the rented
house shall pay the electricity charge for the tenant.
b/ When at the address of a rented house there
is already an electricity purchase and sale contract (signed by the lessor or
the former tenant), the electricity seller shall sign a new electricity
purchase and sale contract only after the old one has been liquidated.
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3.7. When, due to a force majeure reason,
the electricity seller adjusts the time of recording meter readings, the
electricity volume norm for every progressive electricity price level shall be
adjusted correspondingly to the number of adjusted days.
4. Selling prices of
electricity used for business activities:
The selling prices of electricity used for
business activities apply to users of electricity for business or service
purposes, including:
a/ Companies, shops, department stores, business
establishments wholesaling and retailing supplies and goods, including shops
selling pesticides, veterinary drugs, plant varieties or animal breeds;
b/ Money- or securities-dealing establishments,
including commercial banks, savings funds, financial companies and securities
companies;
c/ Cable television broadcasting, terrestrial
digital television companies;
d/ Lottery companies of all economic sectors;
e/ Organizations engaged in insurance operations
(excluding social insurance and health insurance);
f/ Tourist establishments, photo shops, dance
halls, karaoke parlors and massage parlors;
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h/ Advertising activities (including those of
television stations), to meet operation demands of production, business and
service establishments;
i/ Garages of cars, motorbikes and means of transport,
consumer goods repair and renovation shops;
j/ Hotels, motels, inns and guest houses of
organizations or individuals; houses leased for use as residences or offices
where house owners sign electricity buying contracts;
k/ Electricity used in ticket counters, goods
forwarding stations, waiting lounges (including lobbies), shops and goods sale
counters at airports, railway stations, car terminals and seaports;
l/ Electricity used at traffic tollbooths and
car parks;
m/ Electricity used in storehouses of goods in
the circulation process;
n/ Offices and headquarters of groups,
corporations and companies directly managing business activities or services;
o/ Customer service offices and centers;
p/ Organizations and individuals using
electricity for both production and business activities in the post and
telecommunications domain are subject to the buying prices of electricity as
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* 97% of the electricity volume is subject to
the production electricity price.
* 3% of the electricity volume is subject to the
price of electricity used for business.
+ The post offices in the provinces and cities
of Ba Ria ' Vung Tau, Dong Nai, Da Nang, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh and
other post and telecommunications business units:
* 70% of the electricity volume is subject to
the price of electricity used for production.
* 30% of the electricity volume is subject to
the price of electricity used for business.
+ The post offices of the remaining provinces,
inter-provincial telecommunications companies and stamp companies:
* 90% of the electricity volume is subject to
the price of electricity used for production.
* 10% of the electricity volume is subject to
the price of electricity used for business.
IV. SELLING PRICES OF
ELECTRICITY APPLICABLE TO RURAL AREAS
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1.1. Wholesale prices of electricity used for
rural daily life:
To apply to electricity volumes used for
daily-life activities of households using electricity in communes, cooperatives
or villages and buying electricity through general meters installed at
transformer stations, irrespective of whether transformer stations belong to
the electricity buyers or sellers and irrespective of the voltage levels.
1.2. Selling prices of electricity used for
other purposes:
To apply to electricity volumes used for
non-daily life activities and water pumping for irrigation or drainage in
service of cultivation of rice, subsidiary crops or intercropped short-term
industrial plants.
1.3. Electricity volume subject to each type of
price (applicable to daily life, water pumping, and other purposes) is the
volume calculated based on the electricity- measuring or- recording system
installed at each transformer station.
1.4. In case of non-availability of separate
meters for different use purposes, then
a/ The electricity buyer and seller shall base
themselves on the actual use of electricity to determine the specific
percentage of electricity volume used for each purpose as a basis for
application of the electricity price. The determination of percentages of
electricity volume used for each purpose is as follows:
+ Before the 10th day every month, the
electricity buyer shall supply to the electricity seller the list of, and
electricity volumes directly sold to, households using electricity for daily-life
activities and other purposes in the previous month. On the basis of the list
of customers and electricity volumes directly sold for different purposes in
the previous months, which is supplied by the electricity buyer, the
electricity seller and buyer shall together determine the percentage of
electricity volume used for each purpose as a basis of the application of the
selling price of electricity for the subsequent month.
+ If the electricity buyer that buys electricity
at the wholesale price for retail fails to supply the list of customers and
directly sold electricity volumes as required (without a plausible reason), the
electricity seller is entitled to apply the price of electricity used for other
purposes to 100% of the sold electricity volume.
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b/ If the electricity buyer and seller cannot
reach agreement on the specific percentage of electricity volume used for each
purpose, it shall be reported to the local provincial-level Industry Service
for consideration and settlement. In case of necessity, the provincial-level
Industry Service may coordinate with the provincial-level Finance Service in
considering and deciding the percentage of electricity volume liable to each
type of price for inclusion in the electricity purchase and sale contract by
the two parties.
1.5. The selling prices of electricity
applicable to electricity volumes used for water pumping for irrigation or
drainage in service of cultivation of rice, subsidiary crops or intercropped
short-term industrial plants according to the percentages at the general meters
are those applicable to water pumping for irrigation and drainage during
regular hours.
1.6. When the electricity buyer uses 50% or more
of the electricity volume for other purposes (production, business...) counted
by one meter, the price of electricity used for production electricity is
applied with the corresponding voltage level prescribed in Decision No.
276/2006/QD-TTg, reconciling 10%.
Example 1: The electricity buyer has a
meter installed at the transformer station of 6 kV and supplies electricity for
100 rural households for their daily life, accounting for 45% of the volume,
electricity for water pumping for irrigation and drainage, accounting for 5%,
and electricity for other purposes, accounting for 50%. The electricity volume
is charged at the following prices:
+ 45% of the electricity volume is charged at
the wholesale price of VND 390/kWh for electricity used for rural daily life.
+ 5% of the electricity volume is charged at the
price of VND 600/kWh for electricity used for water pumping during regular
hours.
+ 50% of the electricity volume is charged at
the 10% reconciliation price of VND 774/kWh (860 x 0.9 = 774) for electricity
used for production.
Example 2: The electricity buyer has a
meter installed at the transformer station of 6 kV and supplies electricity for
100 rural households for their daily life, accounting for 55% of the
electricity volume, electricity for water pumping for irrigation and drainage,
accounting for 5%, and electricity for other purposes, accounting 40%; the
electricity volume is charged at the following prices:
+ 55% of the electricity volume is charged at
the wholesale price of VND 390/kWh for electricity used for rural daily life.
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+ 40% of electricity volume is charged at the
price of VND 795 kWh for electricity used for other purposes.
1.7. When a transformer station has separate
outgoing feeders for other communes, cooperatives or villages in order to enjoy
the wholesale price, the condition that a general meter must be installed at
the transformer station should be ensured.
1.8. When a transformer station of a state-run
agricultural farm or forestry farm supplies electricity for both its employees
and farmers according to separate transmission lines and cannot conduct
separate electricity measurement for every electricity user, electricity is
charged as follows:
- The electricity volume supplied to its
employees is charged at the wholesale price applicable to dormitories and
residential quarters.
- The electricity volume supplied to farmers is
charged at the wholesale price applicable to electricity used for rural areas.
1.9. When a transformer station of a state-run
agricultural farm or forestry farm supplies electricity for both its employees
and farmers living mixedly and they cannot be charged differently, the
wholesale price of electricity used for rural daily life is applied; for
electricity used for other purposes, the price of electricity used for other
purposes in dormitories or residential quarters is applied.
2. Retail prices of electricity
applicable to rural areas
2.1. Retail prices of electricity applicable to
rural areas, mountainous areas and islands comply with the bracket of retail
prices of electricity stipulated in Decision No. 276/2006/QD-TTg and guided in
Parts I, II and III of this Circular, except for cases specified at Points 2.2
and 2.3 of this Item.
2.2. For electricity purchased by rural
electricity management organizations through the national grid at the wholesale
price of electricity applicable to rural areas and directly sold to electricity
users living in rural areas where investments in electricity activities are not
cost-effective, its retail prices shall be decided by provincial-level People's
Committees but must not exceed the ceiling price of electricity applicable to
rural areas stipulated in Clause b, Article 3 of Decision No. 276/2006/QD-TTg.
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2.3. The retail prices of electricity sold
directly by independent power generation units to electricity users in rural
areas, mountainous areas and islands shall be elaborated by the electricity
sellers and submitted to provincial-level People's Committees for approval but
must not exceed the bracket of retail prices of electricity specified in Clause
c, Article 3 of Decision No. 276/2006/QD-TTg.
2.4. In areas where the retail prices of
electricity which is purchased by rural electricity management organizations
through the national grid at the wholesale price of electricity applicable to
rural areas and directly sold to electricity users are still higher than the
ceiling price of electricity applicable to rural areas stipulated in Decision
No. 276/2006/QD-TTg, provincial-level People's Committees shall direct local
services, departments and branches and rural electricity management
organizations to take necessary measures to reduce electricity costs and losses
so as to lower the selling prices of electricity to below the ceiling price of
electricity applicable to rural areas.
V. SELLING PRICES OF
ELECTRICITY APPLICABLE TO DORMITORIES AND RESIDENTIAL QUARTERS
1. Wholesale prices of electricity applicable to
dormitories and residential quarters:
1.1. The wholesale prices of electricity used
for daily life in dormitories and residential quarters applicable to
electricity volumes used for daily-life activities of:
a/ Residential quarters and dormitories of
agencies (including diplomatic missions and international organizations),
workshops, factories, construction sites, agricultural farms, forestry farms,
stations, farms..., where each electricity buyer has 10 or more
electricity-using households, for villages or communes (failing to meet the
conditions for rural electricity wholesale); towns, townships, district
capitals and suburbs of cities, and 15 households or more for cities.
b/ Dormitories of pupils, students, agencies,
enterprises, armed force units, establishments taking care of elderly or
disabled people, orphanages....
c/ Lodgings of religious persons in temples,
pagodas, churches...
1.2. The wholesale price of electricity used for
other purposes: To be applied to electricity volumes used for non-daily life
purposes.
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1.4. At places where the electricity seller has
conditions to retail electricity to electricity-consuming households but the
customer refuses to allow the electricity seller to retail electricity to those
households, the electricity seller may apply the progressive retail prices of
electricity applicable to daily life multiplied by the actual number of
electricity-using households under the guidance in Clause 3.2, Section III of
this Circular.
2. Retail prices of electricity applicable to
dormitories and residential quarters
The retail prices of electricity purchased by
electricity management organizations (representatives of management boards of
dormitories or residential quarters or by independent electricity management
and trading organizations) under electricity wholesale contracts from the
electricity sellers at general meters at the wholesale prices of electricity
applicable to dormitories and residential quarters to electricity users comply
with the table of retail prices of electricity stipulated in Decision No.
276/2006/QD-TTg and guided in this Circular.
VI. SELLING PRICES OF
ELECTRICITY APPLICABLE TO INDUSTRIAL PARKS
1. Wholesale prices of electricity applicable to
industrial parks
1.1. The prices of electricity purchased and
sold between industrial park management boards and electricity sellers shall be
agreed upon by the two parties in electricity purchase and sale contracts of a
definite term but must not exceed the bracket of wholesale prices of
electricity stipulated by the Ministry of Industry.
When a bracket of wholesale prices of electricity
is not available yet, the price of electricity purchased and sold between an
industrial park management board and an electricity seller shall be agreed upon
by the two parties on the principle of assurance of their mutual lawful
interests.
1.2. Negotiations to reach agreement on
wholesale prices of electricity shall be conducted in accordance with the
provisions of Article 20 of 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.
1.3. Pending an agreement on the wholesale
prices of electricity between the electricity buyers and sellers, unless there
are other separate regulations of competent authorities, the wholesale prices
of electricity applicable to industrial parks are as follows:
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b/ When the industrial park management boards
buy electricity from electricity sellers and resell electricity to
organizations and individuals using electricity for production purposes in the
industrial parks at the same voltage level:
The electricity sellers shall sell electricity
to the industrial park management boards at the general meters at the prices
applicable to production branches stipulated in Decision No. 276/2006/QD-TTg,
reconciling 2%. The electricity volume eligible for reconciling prices shall be
based on the actual volume used monthly by the customers in the industrial
parks buying electricity at the same voltage level and bought by the industrial
park management boards from the electricity sellers.
Example: The industrial Park A management
board buys electricity from the electricity seller at the voltage of 110 KV for
resale to households using electricity for production in the industrial park:
+ If the industrial Park A management board
sells electricity to production households in the industrial park at the
voltage of 6 KV:
The prices at which the Industrial Park A
management board pays electricity charges to the electricity seller are as
follows:
Selling price
of electricity (VND/kWh)
- Regular hours
785
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425
- Peak hours
1,590
The industrial Park A management board shall
sell electricity to production households in the industrial park at the voltage
of 6 kV as follows:
Selling price
of electricity (VND/kWh)
- Regular hours
860
- Off-peak hours
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- Peak hours
1,715
- If Industrial Park A management board sells
electricity to production households in the industrial park at the voltage of
110 kV:
The prices at which the Industrial Park A
management board pays electricity charges to the electricity seller are as
follows:
Selling price
of electricity (VND/kWh)
- Regular hours
785 * 98% =
769.3
- Off-peak hours
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- Peak hours
1,590 * 98% =
1,558.2
Industrial Park A management board shall sell electricity
to production households in the industrial park at the voltage of 110 kV as
follows:
Selling price
of electricity (VND/kWh)
- Regular hours
785
- Off-peak hours
425
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1, 590
2. Retail prices applicable to electricity users
in industrial parks
The retail prices applicable to electricity
users in industrial parks shall be applied to proper subjects and at price
levels stipulated in the Appendix promulgated together with Decision No.
276/2006/QD-TTg and guided in Parts I, II and II of this Circular.
VII. IMPLEMENTATION EFFECT
1. This Circular takes effect on January 1, 2007
(the effective date of Decision No. 276/2006/QD-TTg), and applies nationwide.
2. This Circular replaces Joint Circular No.
01/1999/TT-LT/BVGCP-BCN of February 10, 1999, Joint Circular No.
02/2000/TTLT-BVGCP-BCN of February 15, 2000, of the Ministry of Industry and
the Government Pricing Committee, guiding the application of selling prices of
electricity used for daily life to rural households, and the Industry
Ministry's Circular No. 01/2005/TT-BCN of January 7, 2005, guiding the
application of selling prices of electricity.
3. Concerned electricity units and electricity
users nationwide shall implement this Circular.
4. Any problems arising in the course of
implementation should be reported to the Ministry of Industry for timely
consideration and solution.