On the afternoon of January 8, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave its opinion on supplementing the Medium-Term Public Investment Plan of the Central Budget for the 2021-2025 period from the general reserve source corresponding to the source of increased revenue and savings of the Central Budget in 2022 for public investment tasks and projects and supplementing the Medium-Term Public Investment Plan for Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) from the reserve source of the Medium-Term Public Investment Plan.
Regarding the addition of the medium-term public investment plan for EVN from the reserve fund of the medium-term public investment plan, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong said the necessity of investment and the basis for choosing the power supply plan for Con Dao district.
Right from the beginning of the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021-2025, the Government reported to the National Assembly and the National Assembly resolved to allocate capital for EVN to implement the Project of supplying electricity from the national grid to Con Dao district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.
However, the completion of project investment procedures is slow because the process of selecting a power supply plan takes a lot of time, requiring measurement, survey, and calculation to choose the most optimal plan.
By June 2023, the Prime Minister approved the project investment policy (after reporting to the 5th Session of the 15th National Assembly). Therefore, the entire capital of VND 2,526.16 billion expected to be assigned to EVN was transferred to the reserve of the Medium-term Public Investment Plan for the period 2021-2025 according to the provisions of Resolution No. 93.
Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong.
In Appendix III of Resolution No. 93, out of the total VND 37,303.015 billion not yet allocated to ministries, central and local agencies, it is expected to allocate VND 2,526.16 billion to EVN.
In Decision No. 708 on approving the project investment policy, the Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Industry and Trade as the agency deciding on project investment, EVN as the investor. The total investment of the project is 4,950.156 billion VND, of which EVN's own capital is about 2,423.996 billion VND, the central budget capital is 2,526.16 billion VND.
Investing in the project with the goal of providing stable and safe electricity to the island's power grid, meeting the socio-economic development tasks of Con Dao district, contributing to ensuring national defense and security and ensuring national sovereignty over seas and islands is necessary.
The basis for selecting the power supply plan for the project was calculated by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, EVN and the People's Committee of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, proposing 5 power supply plans for Con Dao district, giving 6 criteria to evaluate each plan. The national grid plan was selected because it met all 6 criteria with the lowest electricity price.
Regarding the mechanism for assigning plans, according to the provisions of Article 44 of the State Budget Law, the Prime Minister assigns the next year's budget revenue and expenditure estimates to each ministry, ministerial-level agency, government agency, other central agency, and each province and centrally-run city.
According to the provisions of Decree No. 26 of the Government on the Charter of organization and operation of EVN, EVN is the parent company of Vietnam Electricity Group, organized in the form of a single-member limited liability company owned by the State.
With this regulation, EVN is not the unit directly assigned by the Prime Minister to estimate the annual State budget. At the same time, according to the provisions of Article 82 of the Law on Public Investment, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will be the agency organizing the preparation of public investment plans, registering and assigning public investment plans for the Project.
Based on the above regulations, the central budget capital allocated to implement the project of supplying electricity from the national grid to Con Dao district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province is assigned to the Ministry of Industry and Trade for implementation. The Ministry of Industry and Trade assigns its affiliated units to organize bidding according to regulations (with this form, the project uses 100% of the central budget capital).
If the plan is assigned to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the remaining capital compared to the total investment of VND 2,423,996 billion is not available to balance the project. In addition, EVN is not a unit under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, so the Ministry of Industry and Trade cannot allocate and assign capital to EVN. Therefore, the project will not be implemented immediately at this stage.
The project to supply electricity from the national grid to Con Dao district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province is a special project, using both the central budget and EVN's own capital. To effectively use this capital source, it is necessary to consider and report to the National Assembly for a mechanism to assign the central budget capital plan for the project to EVN.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is the sector management agency, responsible for conducting inspections, supervisions, and audits to ensure that there is no policy exploitation, group interests, loss, or waste. The handover of assets after the project is completed is carried out in accordance with the law on public asset management and relevant laws.
The Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment stated that the Government submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee a report to the National Assembly allocating VND 2,526.16 billion out of the total capital of VND 37,303 billion to EVN to implement the project of supplying electricity from the national grid to Con Dao district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.
The Prime Minister is assigned to assign the medium-term public investment plan using the central budget capital for the period 2021-2025 to EVN to implement the project. The Ministry of Industry and Trade shall perform the State management function and perform the assigned tasks in the Decision approving the project investment policy.
Chairman of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee Le Quang Manh reports on the review.
Presenting the Summary Report of the review , Chairman of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee Le Quang Manh said that regarding the capital allocation to implement the project of supplying electricity from the national grid to Con Dao district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, he proposed to agree to allocate capital to EVN to implement the project of supplying electricity from the national grid to Con Dao district, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.
At the same time, it is recommended that the Government take responsibility and commit to choosing the most optimal power supply option from the national grid to ensure efficiency, save investment resources, and reasonable prices and costs;
The Ministry of Industry and Trade is the sector management agency responsible for appraising the project feasibility study report and reports and contents related to the project in accordance with the provisions of law on construction and related laws; conducting inspections, supervisions and audits to ensure that there is no policy exploitation, group interests, loss, waste, etc.
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