Government mulls private sector role in electricity transmission

Workers fix electric cables in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Nguyen

The government has proposed that the private sector is allowed to invest in power transmission projects.

One of the amendments to the Electricity Law proposed by the government is allowing all economic sectors, including the private one, to build power transmission networks, excluding grid projects implemented by the state according to national electricity development plans. The National Assembly Standing Committee discussed the amendment Wednesday.

Most members of the National Assembly’s Science, Technology and Environment Committee have agreed with the government’s proposal.

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