Voters propose changing the current way of calculating electricity prices

On the morning of June 30, National Assembly deputies including Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hien - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Lieutenant General Nguyen Doan Anh - Commander of Military Region IV and Ms. Nguyen Van Chi - Member of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee had a meeting with voters of Nghi Hoa commune, Nghi Loc district. Photo: Mai Hoa

Recommendations related to people's lives

At the meeting with voters, on behalf of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, delegate Nguyen Van Chi reported the results of the 9th session of the 14th National Assembly, term 2016 - 2021.

Next, voters frankly expressed many thoughts, wishes, recommendations and proposals to the National Assembly, the Government and central ministries and branches on many urgent issues of life.

The issue mentioned by many voters of Nghi Hoa commune is related to the power grid infrastructure, poor quality of household electricity and the current unreasonable method of calculating electricity bills according to the ladder price.

Voter Nguyen Van Huong - Secretary of Nghi Hoa Commune Party Committee said that people's living standards have been raised, the demand for electricity has also increased, especially in the current hot summer season, increasing from 30 to 50%; meanwhile, the method of electricity price according to the ladder price has been built for many years without change, on the other hand, calculating the electricity price by ladder is not appropriate. Therefore, it is recommended that the National Assembly and the Government study and make reasonable adjustments to ensure the rights of the people.

Besides the electricity price, according to voters, in 2014, Nghi Hoa Commune Electricity Cooperative handed over the power grid to the Electricity industry for management, but up to now, the asset valuation and return of the power grid to the people has not been done.

Voter Tran Van Hung, Trung Bac hamlet, requested that all levels pay attention to policies for officials and facilities for the merged units. Photo: Mai Hoa

Also concerned about the electricity issue, voter Vo Phan Vien (Ngoc Duong hamlet) reported that the high-voltage power line in the residential area affects the daily life and safety of the people, because this power system was once broken and fell into the yard of a resident's house.

Therefore, it is recommended that the competent authorities have a plan to upgrade the high voltage power line system to ensure safety for the people. On the other hand, the current quality of electricity for people's daily life is too poor. It is recommended that the Electricity industry pay attention to upgrading the grid infrastructure system to meet the people's electricity needs.

Voter Nguyen Kham Su recommends that all levels pay attention to investing in the transportation system. Photo: Mai Hoa

Voter Nguyen Van Huong (Trung Thanh hamlet) reported that transformer station No. 5 and the power grid infrastructure of the cooperative have not been invested in since being handed over to the Electricity industry for management, have seriously degraded, affecting the quality of electricity for people's daily life in the summer and causing safety risks for people during the rainy and stormy season.

In addition to the issue of electricity, Nghi Hoa commune voters also proposed that the National Assembly and the Government have a policy of granting residential land based on valuation, creating conditions for farmers to have residential land.

In addition, the National Assembly and the Government need to have a strategy for planning and investing in the construction of an irrigation system to ensure stability in agricultural production, avoiding the current situation of drought when it is sunny and flooding when it is rainy; at the same time, remove difficulties and speed up the process of granting certificates of land use rights for residential and agricultural land; resolve some shortcomings in policies for officials and invest in infrastructure for merged communes, blocks, and hamlets...

Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Nguyen Thanh Hien clarified a number of issues of concern to voters. Photo: Mai Hoa

Research on amending Decree 64/CP

At the end of the meeting with voters, Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Nguyen Thanh Hien clarified a number of issues of concern to voters within his authority.

Regarding the shortcomings in the management and use of agricultural land, the Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation informed that the shortcomings from practice are being accepted by the National Assembly and assigned to the Government for research to amend Decree 64/CP on allocating agricultural land to households and individuals for long-term, stable use for agricultural production purposes.

Regarding the 5-level electricity price calculation method of the Electricity industry, it is to create opportunities for people to proactively choose their electricity needs within their economic capacity; however, according to the analysis of experts and National Assembly delegates, the current method of calculating electricity prices is unreasonable, many households have to pay high electricity bills. The Government has requested the Electricity industry to recalculate this issue to come up with a suitable solution in the near future.

Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Nguyen Thanh Hien also accepted and promised to convey to the Provincial People's Council and People's Committee to pay attention to solving many issues under the province's authority such as resolving policies for the team of cadres at the commune, block, hamlet and village levels; investing in facilities for merged units; upgrading the traffic system; building school facilities; domestic water issues...