Power to issue electricity operating licenses in Vietnam

To be specific:

The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall issue electricity operating licenses in the following lines of business:

- Electricity generation in power plants that are large and have key importance for society and economy and national defense and security as included in the list approved by the Prime Minister;

- Electricity transmission;

- Electricity export and import.

Electricity Regulatory Authority shall issue electricity operating licenses in the following lines of business:

- Electricity generation in power plants that have capacity of at least 3 MW other than the case of electricity generation in power plants that are large and have key importance for society and economy and national defense and security as included in the list approved by the Prime Minister;

- Electricity distribution;

- Electricity wholesaling;

- Electricity retailing;

- Electricity consulting services.

The People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities shall issue or authorize the Departments of Industry and Trade to issue electricity operating licenses in the following lines of business:

- Electricity generation in power plants that have capacity of less than 3 MW located in the provinces;

- Electricity distribution with voltage up to 35kV in the provinces;

- Electricity retailing with voltage up to 0.4 kV in the provinces;

- Electricity consulting services, including:

+ Consulting services in terms of construction of transmission lines and electrical substations with voltage up to 35 kV, enterprise registration at provinces;

+ Consulting services in terms of construction of transmission lines and electrical substations with voltage up to 35 kV, enterprise registration at provinces;

Notably, if an application for multiple licenses in the sector of electricity consulting services, in which at least one sector of services is within the competence of Electricity Regulatory Authority, the electricity operating license for this field shall be issued by Electricity Regulatory Authority.

View details at Circular No. 12/2017/TT-BCT of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, effective from September 14, 2017.

-Thao Uyen-

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