Chương III Luật điện lực 2004: Tiết kiệm trong phát điện, truyền tải, phân phối và sử dụng điện

Chapter III

THRIFT IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND USE

Article 13.- Policies and measures to encourage and promote electricity savings

1. The State shall support and encourage electricity savings with the following policies:

a) Encouraging the domestic manufacture or the import of, applying tax preferences to, products on the lists of electricity-saving products and equipment, supplies, technological chains imported for manufacture of electricity-saving products;

b) Providing preferential loans from the Development Assistance Fund and the Scientific and Technological Development Fund to projects applying scientific research and technological development results, investment projects on manufacture of electricity-saving products or investment projects on electricity savings;

c) Providing investment, electricity price and tax preferences as guided by the Finance Ministry to investment projects on development of power plants using sources or new energy or renewable energy.

2. The ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies, provincial-level People's Committees shall have to draw up programs and projects on promotion of thrifty and efficient use of electricity; arrange satisfactory funding for scientific research and technological development in service of the electricity-saving objectives.

3. Basing itself on the socio-economic development objectives, the Industry Ministry shall coordinate with the relevant ministries and/or branches in drawing up the national target programs on energy savings and submit them to the Prime Minister for decision.

Article 14.- Economy in electricity generation

1. The electricity-generating units shall have to select advanced electricity-generating technologies with high efficiency and apply the optimal modes of operating electricity-generating equipment to save fuels and sources of energy used for electricity generation, contributing to ensure the national energy security.

2. The self-supply electricity systems in power plants must be designed and installed rationally and be arranged for use in the operation process in a way suitable to the requirements of saving self-supply electricity.

Article 15.- Economy in electricity transmission, distribution

The systems of electricity transmission lines and transformer stations must ensure advanced techno-economic parameters and standards, be operated by optimal modes in order to satisfy the requirements of stable, safe> constant supply of electricity and minimize loss of electric energy.

Article 16.- Economy in electricity use

1. Organizations and individuals using electricity for production shall have the responsibility:

a) To implement the programs on electricity -demand management in order to reduce the capacity differences between the peak hours and off-peak hours of the load charts of electric systems;

b) To renew and rationalize the process of manufacture, and application of technologies and equipment with low electricity-consuming capacity to save electricity;

c) To minimize the use of high-capacity electric equipment at peak hours of the load charts of electric systems;

d) To ensure the capacity coefficients according to technical standards and minimize the under-load use of electric equipment;

e) To organize energy auditing periodically and apply adjusting measures after the audit conclusions are made according to the Industry Ministry's regulations.

2. The determination of electricity retailing prices for production, daily-life and service activities must ensure to stimulate organizations and individuals to use electricity economically and to encourage the use of electricity at off-peak hours, to reduce the use of electricity at peak hours of the load charts of electric systems.

3. Organizations and individuals that manufacture or import lighting, air-ventilating equipment, air conditioners, water pumps, water heaters, escalators and lifts and other equipment in service of daily- life needs must ensure the advanced electricity-consuming norms so as to reduce electric energy spending, thus contributing to practicing electricity economy.

4. Agencies and organizations shall have to promulgate the regulations on thrifty use of electricity in their respective agencies and organizations.

5. The Government shall direct the elaboration and promulgation of electric energy-consuming norms for electrical products and commodities.