Proposal for 5-level household electricity price list, removing level 1 from 0

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is proposing a 5-tier household electricity price list, in which the first tier from 0 - 50kWh (current) will be removed and the price of the last tier will be increased.

Đề xuất biểu giá điện sinh hoạt 5 bậc, bỏ bậc 1 từ 0 - 50kWh

Proposal for 5-level household electricity price list: Remove level 1 from 0 - 50kWh

The content mentioned in the draft Decision of the Prime Minister regulating the structure of retail electricity prices.

The retail electricity price structure is a table of percentages (%) of the average retail electricity price to calculate the specific retail electricity price for each group of electricity customers.

Accordingly, the proposed 5-level household electricity price list is as follows:

TT	Customer target group	Ratio compared to the average retail electricity price adjusted by authority (%)
	Retail price of electricity for household use
1	Retail price of household electricity
	Level 1: For kWh from 0 - 100	90%
	Level 2: For kWh from 101 - 200	108%
	Level 3: For kWh from 201 - 400	136%
	Level 4: For kWh from 401 - 700	162%
	Level 5: For kWh from 701 and up	180%
2	Retail price of electricity for households using prepaid card meters	132%

Retail price of electricity for domestic use using prepaid card meters is applied when technical conditions permit for groups of customers buying electricity temporarily and buying electricity for short-term use for domestic purposes.

Electricity bill support

Poor households according to the income criteria prescribed by the Prime Minister are supported with electricity bills for living purposes, the monthly support level is equivalent to the electricity bill for using 30 kWh calculated according to the current retail price of level 1 household electricity.

Social policy households according to the criteria prescribed by the Prime Minister (not poor households receiving electricity support as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 4 of the draft) and whose monthly electricity consumption for domestic purposes does not exceed 50 kWh will receive electricity support equivalent to the electricity cost of 30 kWh calculated according to the current retail price of household electricity level 1.

Funding to support electricity bills for poor households and social policy households is arranged from the state budget and other legal financial sources.

Compared to Decision 28/2014/QD-TTg, the new draft Decision only has 5 levels, removing level 1 (from 0 - 50kWh), and increasing prices in the remaining levels, in which level 5 has the highest level of 180% compared to the average retail electricity price adjusted according to authority.

TT	Customer target group	Ratio compared to the average retail electricity price adjusted by authority (%)
	Retail price of electricity for household use
1	Retail price of household electricity
	Level 1: For kWh from 0 - 50	92%
	Step 2: For kWh from 51 - 100	95%
	Level 3: For kWh from 101 - 200	110%
	Step 4: For kWh from 201 - 300	138%
	Level 5: For kWh from 301 - 400	154%
	Level 6: For kWh from 401 and up	159%
2	Retail price of electricity for households using prepaid card meters	132%

The latest 6-level household electricity price list in 2023 is in effect

The latest 6-level household electricity price list applied from May 4, 2023 according to Decision 1062/QD-BCT is as follows:

Retail price of household electricity	Electricity selling price (VND/kWh)
Level 1: For kWh from 0 - 50	1,728
Level 2: For kWh from 51 - 100	1,786
Level 3: For kWh from 101 - 200	2,074
Level 4: For kWh from 201 - 300	2,612
Level 5: For kWh from 301 - 400	2,919
Level 6: For kWh from 401 and up	3,015