Decision No. 4036/QD-BCT Issuing the Avoidable Cost Tariff Table for 2020

ON DECREE

Issuing the Avoidable Cost Tariff Table for 2020

THE MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE

Based on the Electricity Law dated December 3, 2004, and the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Provisions of the Electricity Law dated November 20, 2012;

Pursuant to Decree No. 98/2017/ND-CP dated August 18, 2017 of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade;

Pursuant to Circular No. 32/2014/TT-BCT dated October 9, 2014 of the Minister of Industry and Trade on the procedures for establishing and applying the avoidable cost tariff table and issuing model power purchase contracts for small hydropower plants;

Circular No. 29/2019/TT-BCT dated November 15, 2019 of the Minister of Industry and Trade amending and supplementing certain provisions of Circular No. 32/2014/TT-BCT on the procedures for establishing and applying the avoidable cost tariff table and issuing model power purchase contracts for small hydropower plants, and abolishing Circular No. 06/2016/TT-BCT amending and supplementing certain provisions of Circular No. 32/2014/TT-BCT;

At the proposal of the Director of the Electricity Regulatory Authority,

DECISION:

Article 1. The avoidable cost tariff table for 2020 accompanying this Decision shall apply to small hydropower plants connected to the national grid that meet the conditions specified in Circular No. 32/2014/TT-BCT dated October 9, 2014 of the Minister of Industry and Trade on the procedures for establishing and applying the avoidable cost tariff table and issuing model power purchase contracts for small hydropower plants (Circular No. 32/2014/TT-BCT) and Circular No. 29/2019/TT-BCT dated November 15, 2019 of the Minister of Industry and Trade amending and supplementing certain provisions of Circular No. 32/2014/TT-BCT on the procedures for establishing and applying the avoidable cost tariff table and issuing model power purchase contracts for small hydropower plants, and abolishing Circular No. 06/2016/TT-BCT amending and supplementing certain provisions of Circular No. 32/2014/TT-BCT (Circular No. 29/2019/TT-BCT).

Article 2. The avoidable cost tariff table for 2020 issued with this Decision shall take effect from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.

Article 3. The avoidable cost tariff table for 2020 and the power purchase contract based on the model contract for small hydropower plants as stipulated in Appendix IV of Circular No. 29/2019/TT-BCT shall be mandatorily applied in the sale of electricity from small hydropower plants that meet the application conditions under Clause 3, Article 1 of Circular No. 29/2019/TT-BCT.

Within thirty days from the date of signing the power purchase contract, the Seller shall be responsible for sending a copy of the signed contract to the Electricity Regulatory Authority.

Article 4. The Director of the Office of the Ministry; the Director of the Electricity Regulatory Authority; the Director of the Electricity and Renewable Energy Department; the Inspector General of the Ministry; the Heads of the Financial and Corporate Reform Department, Planning Department, Legal Affairs Department; the General Director of Vietnam Electricity Corporation; the General Directors of Electricity Corporations and the Directors of related power generation units are responsible for implementing this Decision./.