The Government agreed to reduce electricity bills for 3 groups of businesses facing difficulties due to COVID-19
The Government has just issued Resolution No. 97/NQ-CP dated August 28, 2021, agreeing on a plan to support electricity bill and electricity price reduction (phase 5) for electricity customers affected by the COVID-19 epidemic as proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
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| Enterprises processing and preserving seafood and seafood products are among the subjects supported with electricity bill reduction. |
The Government assigned the Ministry of Industry and Trade to preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and relevant agencies to organize implementation in accordance with the correct order, procedures and legal regulations, ensuring strictness, correct subjects, no policy exploitation, and full responsibility for the content, data of reports and proposals.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that currently, the COVID-19 epidemic continues to develop complicatedly in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and many southern provinces and cities on a large scale, affecting the country's socio-economic development.
Implementing the direction of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed a plan to support electricity bill reduction for electricity customers who are enterprises processing and preserving aquatic products and aquatic products, processing and preserving vegetables and fruits, and manufacturing enterprises with export turnover in 2020 of over 1 billion USD but are currently facing many difficulties due to having factories or production facilities located in provinces and centrally run cities as of August 25, 2021, which are implementing social distancing according to Directive No. 16/CT-TTg.
Specifically,Subjects eligible for electricity bill reduction must meet the following conditions:
- Electricity customers: are factories or production facilities located in provinces and centrally-run cities as of August 25, 2021 that are implementing social distancing according to Directive No. 16/CT-TTg and are maintaining production in the following fields: (I) Enterprises processing and preserving aquatic products and aquatic products; (II) Enterprises processing and preserving vegetables and fruits; (III) Enterprises producing export goods with an export turnover in 2020 of over 1 billion USD.
- Buy electricity directly from the Electricity Corporation/Electricity Company under Vietnam Electricity Group or other electricity retailers.
Regarding the level of support for electricity price reduction:10% discount on electricity bill (before VAT) for the above customers.
Time to support electricity bill reductionfor electricity users is 03 months from the September electricity bill period to the end of the November electricity bill period 2021.
According to EVN's estimate, in the 5th phase, the amount of money to support electricity price reduction for electricity customers is about 650 billion VND (excluding VAT).
The list of factories and production facilities that are entitled to electricity bill reduction is confirmed by the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities based on business registration and actual production of enterprises in the area and provided to electricity units.
Other subjects eligible for electricity price reduction and electricity bill reduction continue to comply with the provisions of Resolution No. 55/NQ-CP dated June 2, 2021 and Resolution No. 83/NQ-CP dated July 31, 2021 of the Government.