Circular 34: Guidance on Developing the Next Month's Electricity Distribution Plan

Circular 34: Guidelines for planning next month's electricity distribution (Illustrative Image)

To be specific: in Article 12 of Circular 34/2011/TT-BCT, regulations on planning the allocation of electricity output of the national power system for next month are stipulated as follows:

- In the event that the national power system is projected to lack electrical energy next month, by the 15th of the current month, based on the approved annual national power system output allocation plan and the updated available electrical energy for the whole system for next month, the Vietnam Electricity Corporation is responsible for organizing, approving the allocation plan of the national power system for next month on a weekly basis to power corporations and publishing it on the Vietnam Electricity Corporation’s information portal, while also reporting to the Electric Regulatory Authority for monitoring and supervising implementation.

In the event that the projected lack of electrical energy for next month may lead to a reduction in the available capacity of hydropower plants, resulting in the risk of a system-wide capacity shortage, the Vietnam Electricity Corporation is responsible for determining the system's available capacity, the maximum upstream allocated capacity for the power corporations on a weekly basis according to the method stipulated in Article 7 of Circular 34/2011/TT-BCT.

- The next month's electricity distribution plan of the national power system includes the following contents:

- Expected implementation time for electricity distribution;- Available electrical energy of the system for each week of the month;- Electrical energy allocated to power corporations for each week of the month;- Estimated electricity reduction output of the national power system for the month;- Capacity allocated to power corporations for each week of the month and estimated capacity reduction in the event of a national power system energy deficit leading to a system-wide capacity shortage.

More details can be found in Circular 34/2011/TT-BCT, effective from October 24, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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