The average electricity retail price has been increased by 4.8 per cent to VNĐ2,103.11 (US$0.085) per kWh, triggering concerns about its impact on residential and business lives.
The suggested price adjustment aims to provide EVN with a sustainable revenue stream for its power plants'' operation and more accurately reflect the group''s input costs.
The Government’s subsidy for electricity is no longer appropriate given that the country is anticipated to continue facing a power shortage for socio-economic development.
The increase may not have an immediate impact on prices of electric vehicles at the moment but will an impetus for manufacturers to use energy more economically.
The loans made to project developers entail regular interest payments and normally come due after three years, putting many no-revenue solar and wind farms in financial distress.
Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the country''s largest power company, has proposed a new price mechanism, one that is better tuned to input price fluctuations, for electricity.
There will be no increase in electricity price from now until the end of the year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) - the country''s power regulator - announced yesterday during a ministry''s monthly press conference.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has decided to cut power bills for businesses and households by 10 per cent over the next three months to ease their difficulties amid the COVID-19 pandemic.