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Responsibilities of State agencies and electricity units in management of electricity demand in Vietnam (Internet image)
Article 10 of Decree 137/2013/ND-CP stipulates the responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, provincial People’s Committees and electricity units in management of electricity demand in Vietnam as follows:
1. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam shall:
- Formulate to submit the Prime Minister for approval of national programs on managing electricity demand and guide, organize implementation;
- Promulgate technical regulations, guides to perform legislation on managing electricity demand;
- Guide electricity units in performing and assessing result of implementation of programs, plans in managing the electricity demand;
- Assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance in formulating and promulgating financial mechanism for encouragement, support in implementing national programs on managing electricity demand; perform research and development related to management of electricity demand.
2. The provincial People’s Committees shall:
- Formulate programs and solutions to perform management of electricity demand, effective electricity use of electricity-using customer groups under their management scope; putting objectives of programs into plans on social-economic development, local production plans and examine, assess the implementation; organize, allocate resources suitably to perform management of electricity demand and effective electricity use;
- Examine, supervise and report the Ministry of Industry and Trade about result of implementation of programs on managing electricity demand, effective electric use of electricity-using customer groups under their management scope; timely handle cases failing to perform in accordance with law on management of electricity demand and effective electricity use.
3. Electricity units shall:
- Formulate plan and organize implementation of activities of national programs on managing electricity demand;
- Report on results of implementation of plans on managing electricity demand in accordance with regulations.
More details can be found in Decree 137/2013/ND-CP which comes into force from December 10, 2013.
Ty Na
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