Chapter IX
STATE MANAGEMENT OVER ELECTRICITY ACTIVITIES AND ELECTRICITY USE
Article 65.- Responsibilities for state management over electricity activities and electricity use
1. The Government performs the unified state management over electricity activities and electricity use nationwide.
2. The Industry Ministry is answerable to the Government for the performance of state management over electricity activities and electricity use.
3. The ministries, ministerial-level agencies shall, within the ambit of their respective tasks and powers, have to coordinate with the Industry Ministry in performing the state management over electricity activities and electricity use.
4. The People's Committees at all levels shall, within the ambit of their respective tasks and powers, have the responsibility in performing the state management over electricity activities and electricity use in their respective localities.
Article 66.- Regulation of electricity activities
1. Contents of regulation of electricity activities:
a) Elaborating regulations on operation of competitive electricity markets and guiding the implementation thereof;
b) Studying, suggesting solutions to regulate the supply-demand relationship and manage the process of balancing electricity supply and demand;
c) Granting, modifying, supplementing and withdrawing electricity activity licenses according to the provisions of Clauses 1 and 3, Article 38 of this Law;
d) Guiding the conditions, orders and procedures for cessation or stoppage of electricity supply or reduction of electricity consumption, the conditions, orders and procedures for connection to national electric systems;
dd) Studying and formulating electricity-retailing price tables and organizing the implementation of electricity price-related mechanisms and policies;
e) Gathering comments of the concerned agencies and organizations on electricity retailing price tables;
g) Prescribing the tables of electricity generation prices, electricity wholesaling prices, approving electricity transmission and distribution charges as well as other charges;
h) Monitoring the implementation of plans and projects on investment in development of electricity sources, electricity transmission grids, electricity distribution networks in order to ensure the development's compatibility with the approved electricity development plannings;
i) Determining the capacity percentages and the electric output percentages between form of electricity trading through termed contracts and form of electricity spot dealing, suitable to electricity market grades;
k) Inspecting the observance of the approved electricity price tables;
l) Settling complaints and disputes on electricity markets.
2. The electricity-regulating agency is the body assisting the Industry Minister in realizing the contents of regulating electricity activities prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article. The Prime Minister shall specify the organization, functions, tasks and powers of the electricity-regulating agency.
Article 67,- Electricity inspectorate
The Industry Ministry's Inspectorate shall perform the function of specialized electricity inspection, having the tasks to inspect the observance of legislation on electricity; detect, prevent and handle according to competence or propose competent agencies to handle violations of legislation on electricity; propose measures to ensure the enforcement of electricity legislation.
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