The Ministry of Industry and Trade inspects compliance with economical and efficient use of energy in Vinh Phuc

The inspection team was led by Mr. Trinh Quoc Vu – Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Saving and Sustainable Development (Ministry of Industry and Trade), along with experts from the Department of Energy Saving and Sustainable Development, representing the Group. Vietnam Electricity Group, representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Inspectorate.

Perform well the work of advising on policy development

Accordingly, based on Decision No. 461/QD-BCT dated March 4, 2024 of the Minister of Industry and Trade on inspecting compliance with the law on economical and efficient use of energy at Departments of Industry and Trade in 2019. 2024. Accordingly, the Inspection Team will check compliance with the law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy in the period from January to the end of December 2023.

Specifically, the delegation will inspect state management according to the provisions of the Law on economical and efficient use of energy, documents guiding the Law and Directive 20/CT-TTg dated June 8, 2023. Through inspection, the purpose is to evaluate the existing advantages and disadvantages (if any) and then propose measures to promptly correct and overcome shortcomings and shortcomings, strengthen management work, and ensure law enforcement. the law.

Reporting to the inspection team, Mr. Vu Vinh Ha – Deputy Head in charge of Energy Management Department – Vinh Phuc Department of Industry and Trade said: Period 2021-2025 based on Decision No. 280/QD-TTg dated March 13/ 2019 of the Prime Minister on approving the National Program on economical and efficient use of energy for the period 2019-2030, Resolution No. 55-NQ/TW dated February 11, 2020 of the Politburo on defining Vietnam’s National Energy Development Strategy to 2030, vision to 2045,… The Department has developed and submitted to the Provincial People’s Committee for approval a Plan for economical and effective use of energy in the province during the period. period 2020-2030; The Department has also issued documents and plans to implement the Program on economical and efficient use of energy in the province and the Industry and Trade sector along with a number of other documents to carry out state management of energy in general and economical and efficient use of energy in particular; Issue a document requesting businesses in the following industries: Plastic, Paper, Beer and Beverages in the province to report on the implementation of energy consumption norms and plans to improve energy use efficiency to meet annual energy consumption norms according to the roadmap…

Reporting on the electricity supply situation and electricity saving work of Vinh Phuc province, Mr. Bui Quang Anh – Head of Sales Department – Vinh Phuc Electricity Company said that in 2023 the province’s commercial electricity output will be 4,026 billion kWh increased by 3.83% over the same period in 2022, the savings output reached 86.76 million kWh, equivalent to a savings rate of 2.15%.

Also according to Mr. Bui Quang Anh, in the first 3 months of 2024, the commercial electricity output of the entire Vinh Phuc province reached over 913 million kWh, an increase of 7.2% over the same period in 2023. Increased load has created pressure on small for the electricity industry during the peak months of the dry season and hot season in 2024 when peak load is forecast to continue to increase.

According to the representative of the Department of Industry and Trade of Vinh Phuc, as an industrial province, in recent years the work of propagandizing economical and effective use of electricity has always been given great attention and importance by the Industry and Trade sector. Accordingly, the Department has promoted propaganda on economical and efficient use of energy to customers, especially large customers and key energy users…

Through propaganda activities in diverse forms such as: distributing leaflets, seminars, conferences, communicating on mass media, through competitions, displaying and exhibiting design products. equipment, energy saving solutions, activities to respond to Earth Hour… In particular, for the 2023 Earth Hour event alone, the amount of electricity saved in the 60 minutes of the response event has reached about 27,500 kWh is equivalent to a savings of 49 million VND, the amount of CO2 reduced by more than 23 tons.

Along with that, the Department of Industry and Trade has coordinated with Vinh Phuc Electric Company to mobilize service business customers in the area to implement electricity saving solutions, complying with state and local regulations. Notably, 189 customers installed rooftop solar power with a capacity of more than 6,905kWp.

Management needs to be improved through policy development

Although certain results have been achieved in law enforcement on economical and efficient use of energy as well as implementing Directive No. 20 of the Prime Minister, however, according to Vinh Phuc Department of Industry and Trade, With the Department’s human resources of 4 officers working on energy management, it is truly extremely difficult. The workload is large, the legal corridor in decentralizing management, inspection and supervision to the district level is not yet available, this also makes enforcement work at establishments, businesses and customers use energy has not achieved the desired effect.

Also according to Mr. Vu Vinh Ha, through actual implementation in the locality, the Department has also received a number of feedback on difficulties and problems of key energy consuming facilities in applying regulations on the use of energy. Use energy economically and effectively to achieve the goals set by the Government. Although businesses have implemented many energy saving solutions.

At the same time, businesses and especially FDI businesses want to soon have a self-consumed rooftop solar power mechanism so that businesses have a basis to build deployment plans in conditions requiring green production and deflation. Greenhouse gas emissions in the production chain are a requirement and a condition for businesses’ goods and products to smoothly enter the international market.

At the meeting, members of the Inspection Team also shared some information, provided guidance and answered problems of local management agencies in implementing legal regulations on energy conservation. economical and effective.

Mr. Trinh Quoc Vu – Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Saving and Sustainable Development, Head of the inspection team highly appreciated the Department of Industry and Trade for promptly advising the People’s Committee of Vinh Phuc province to promulgate many documents and plans to Implement the Resolutions of the Central Government, the Government, legal policies, and the Prime Minister’s Directive on economical and efficient use of energy.

However, Mr. Trinh Quoc Vu also noted to the locality the quality of management documents, so that through those documents and plans, the Department of Industry and Trade can promote its role as a management agency. Improve coordination with local departments, branches and branches. Resolutions, or Directives of the Central Government, express determination and orientation in development, this is the basis for localities to transform into documents and implementation plans to achieve the set goals.

Sanctions to handle establishments and organizations that violate the economical and efficient use of energy have been specified in the Government’s Decrees, decentralization and decentralization of powers in inspection, supervision as well as improvement Coordination with local departments and agencies depends heavily on consultation and document development at the local level.

“The Ministry of Industry and Trade always accompanies localities in implementing state management in all aspects of activities according to assigned functions, including the field of economical and efficient use of energy. In 2025 and the following years, the Department of Industry and Trade is requested to coordinate closely with the Department of Energy Saving and Sustainable Development to have support proposals. Based on the proposals of localities, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will synthesize Coordinate, review and approve programs and tasks in accordance with the implementation plan of the National Program on Energy Efficiency and Conservation for the period 2019-2030” – said Mr. Trinh Quoc Vu.