The Vietnamese Government Office has issued Notification No. 387/TB-VPCP dated August 16, conveying Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha’s conclusions on the development and issuance of a decree regulating the mechanism and policies to encourage the development of rooftop solar power for self-consumption.
To ensure the quality of this decree and reduce the pressure on state investment in power development, the Deputy Prime Minister has requested that the Ministry of Industry and Trade refine the concept of “self-consumption” for rooftop solar power, including the addition of a clause on the sale of excess electricity.
 The Deputy Prime Minister has called for a study to increase the capacity of rooftop solar power. |
For households and public offices, the Deputy Prime Minister has directed that policies be tailored to encourage the use of rooftop solar power for self-consumption. In cases where the installed capacity of rooftop solar power for self-consumption exceeds 100 kW but is less than 1 MW, and the option to connect and sell excess electricity to the national grid is chosen, registration with the local power company for remote control system connection is mandatory.
For organizations and individuals with an installed capacity of 1 MW or more, who wish to connect and register to sell excess electricity to the national grid, business registration in accordance with legal regulations is required.
For those investing in rooftop solar power with energy storage systems for self-consumption, it is possible to purchase 100% of the excess electricity, and there is a proposal to allow the purchase of electricity at the price of each respective time point.
The Deputy Prime Minister has assigned the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Vietnam Electricity Group to study and propose increasing the capacity of rooftop solar power. According to reports from EVN, the North only dispatches around 2.5% currently, while the safe capacity for the transmission system is up to 25%-30%.
Therefore, the Deputy Prime Minister has urged an immediate adjustment to the capacity scale for the North, which could reach up to 7,000 MW, and a recalculation of the dispatch capacity for Ho Chi Minh City, to be submitted to the Prime Minister in September 2024.
In cases where excess electricity is sold to the grid, the amount should not exceed 20% of the total capacity. This is based on technical and technological capabilities, the ability of the transmission grid system to accommodate, and the needs of various types of power sources participating in direct electricity trading. Timely reports should be submitted to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision-making regarding adjustments to the power planning in accordance with the Law on Planning.
Van Kien
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