The Ministry of Industry and Trade must submit a plan to implement the VIII Power Plan before March 2 without further delay, as requested by the Government Standing Committee.
One year after the promulgation of the Power Plan VIII, the plan to implement this plan - the basis for investment and construction of power source and grid projects - is still not available. In the announcement on February 29, the Government Standing Committee assessed this as "too slow", affecting the implementation of projects and the supply of electricity for production and consumption.
"Completing the plan to implement the 8th Power Plan is an urgent requirement, without further delay," the Government stated its viewpoint, and requested the Ministry of Industry and Trade to resubmit it before March 2.
In fact, this plan was submitted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to the competent authority in the middle of last year, but did not meet the requirements and had to be re-completed many times. The main problem is that the list of renewable energy projects proposed by localities exceeds the planning. For example, renewable energy is 3.7 times, biomass energy is 4.4 times, or waste-to-energy is 1.7 times.
Therefore, this time the Government noted that the Ministry of Industry and Trade should clarify the legal basis for the list of reserve projects and the flexible power development management mechanism. The plan also needs to determine the annual project operation schedule and supplement the power supply program for rural, mountainous and island areas... to ensure power supply.
"Only include projects with sufficient legal basis in the plan, avoid arbitrariness, asking - giving", the Government Standing Committee requested.
Localities, consulting agencies and the Ministry of Industry and Trade need to clarify responsibilities for delays in planning and implementing plans.
Power Plan VIII determines to develop onshore wind power capacity by 2030 at about 21,880 MW; rooftop solar power (self-produced, self-consumed) increases by 2,600 MW. Biomass and waste power is 2,270 MW and hydropower is 29,346 MW.
According to the draft plan submitted at the end of last year, the estimated capital scale for developing power sources was calculated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to be nearly 120 billion USD. Of this, nearly 76% is private capital (nearly 91 billion USD), the State only accounts for 24%. Public investment capital, about 50 billion USD, is prioritized for perfecting policies and increasing the capacity of the electricity sector. Capital for the rural, mountainous and island electricity supply program is nearly 29,800 billion VND, currently balanced at about 30%.
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