In the evening of May 18, the Prime Minister hosted a meeting with ministries and sectors on immediate solutions to ensure sufficient electricity in the face of the risk of power shortage due to the whole country entered the hot season, the water in many hydropower reservoirs dropped to an alarming level.
The Prime Minister directs immediate solutions with the requirement that from now until May 25, there is no shortage of electricity for production, business and consumption.
- Ensure more sufficient supply for coal-fired power plants.
- Petrovienam ensures the supply of gas and oil for gas and oil power plants.
- EVN must exploit hydroelectric power sources until the right time and negotiate temporary prices with renewable power projects (wind power, solar power) in order to mobilize this source to the grid.
Source: VnExpress_The Prime Minister directed to mobilize all sources to prevent an electricity shortage