Prolonged on the motion of the voters, harshly on the National Assembly forum at many meetings, but the problem of power supply is still the leading of the six exist, mainly limited in the latest report on socio-economic 2010.

According to the Government, the supply of electricity is not guaranteed due to the decrease of hydropower in the hot months and the progress of construction of many thermal power plants does not guarantee the production, especially the industrial production and life. living people.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said that power is one of the three weaknesses that the Government has raised and given priority to solve. “Our three weaknesses are two fast and one slow. Imports increased rapidly, prices and interest rates increased rapidly. But the power is slow.

Earlier, in May’s first session of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, a representative from the Ministry of Industry and Trade said “good news” is May and June, the situation of power supply will be better, because at Hydropower, water is about many.

However, according to the Economic Committee, there is a severe shortage of electricity for production and activities in the first months of the year, only temporarily corrected from mid-July 2010. Most grid and power projects are slated for operation in 2010-2011.

“The implementation of the projects in the VI master plan is behind schedule that is the main reason leading to power shortages in 2010 and there is a risk of further power shortages for the next years,” said Chairman of the Economic Committee. Ha Van Hien pointed out.

As a result of monitoring the settlement of voters’ proposals, the National Assembly’s Committee of Petitions also pointed out a number of limitations in the state management of electricity. As the issuance of documents guiding the implementation of the Electricity Law does not fully meet the requirements of management activities, not only guidance is lacking in time but also the content is not consistent with the law.

“Up to now, legal documents on electricity price frame, electricity wholesale price bracket and related fees have not been issued,” said Chief of the Board of Poults Tran The Vuong.

Also, due to the lack of specific regulations, the electricity units and the local People’s Committee have difficulty in getting rid of electricity, in order to limit the supply of electricity in the event of electricity shortage, Vuong continued.

The results of the monitoring by the Board of Appeal stated that the voters were sympathetic and shared with the electricity sector about the lack of electricity but disagreed with the power cut, stopped and reduced the power supply without prior notice. The law does not ensure the rotation and fairness between the users of electricity and the lack of uniformity among localities in times of power shortage.

According to the Government’s proposed electricity balance, the National Assembly has just announced to meet the demand for socio-economic development in 2011 with the GDP growth rate of 7-7.5 %, electricity demand in 2011 is expected to increase by 14-15% compared to 2010. Accordingly, the demand for commercial electricity is about 97 billion KWh, electricity production and import about 110.5 billion KWh.

The balance of demand and capacity data is based on the expected capacity of 20,295 MW by 2010, of which 8,158 MW, 40.2%, 11,437 MW, 59.8%).

The installed capacity is expected to increase by 4,585 MW in 2011, including 1,680 thermal power plants, 2,905 MW hydropower. Power imports from China and Laos: 950MW, including 700MW China, 250MW Laos.

At the same time, with the forecast of normal hydrological conditions and low impact on hydropower plants, the ability of electricity production and import can meet the demand of the economy but not solid. If only one project of power supply is slow or unfavorable weather will continue to occur power shortage, the Government is concerned.

According to the calculations and forecasts of the Government, in 2013 and 2014, there will be serious power shortages, which will require a drastic speeding of investment in the construction of power plants from 2010, while revising electricity prices to To attract economic sectors to participate in the construction of power plants.

Economic Committee of the National Assembly proposed reviewing and adjusting the planning of development of a number of sectors, restricting the issuance of investment licenses for projects producing high power consumption such as processing steel from embryos, cement . At the same time, to adopt specific preferential policies for hi-tech production branches, energy-saving technologies, source technologies and clean technologies.

The Petition Committee of the National Assembly also requested the Government to direct relevant ministries to promptly review the documents detailing and guiding the implementation of the Electricity Law and pay close attention to resolving voter motions. on electricity activity.