Revoke Thuong Nhat Hydropower’s operating license



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Intellectual people

This afternoon (November 27), the Vietnam Electricity Regulatory Authority, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce just decided to revoke the operating license of Thuong Nhat Hydroelectric Power Plant, in Thua Thien Hue province.

Decision No. 108 / QD-DTĐL was just signed this afternoon, stating: Withdrawal of electrical operation license No. 383 / GP-DTĐL dated 12/12/2019 issued by the Vietnam Electricity Regulatory Authority to Water Investment Corporation. Central Vietnam Electricity for Thuong Nhat Hydroelectric Power Station Power Generation Activities as of November 27, 2020.

The Head of the Office of the Electricity Regulatory Authority, the Head of the Department of Licensing and Public Relations, the Director General of the Central Vietnam Hydroelectric Investment Company and relevant organizations and individuals are responsible for the implementation of this Decree . .

Revocation of the license to operate the Thuong Nhat hydroelectric power station - 1

Thuong Nhat hydroelectric power station (photo: VOV)

Thuong Nhat hydroelectric power station project has a capacity of 11MW, the total capacity of the reservoir is 17 million m3, the investment cost is more than 341 billion dong. This project has not yet been completed, there are still a number of problems that have not been solved, so the province of Thua Thien Hue has not yet allowed to accumulate water and operate it.

During the operation process, many times this hydroelectric plant voluntarily accumulates water in the rainy season in Typhoon No. 9 and Typhoon No. 13, deliberately ignoring all warnings and requests from the leaders of Thua Thien Hue province. The authorities had to enforce that the Thuong Nhat hydroelectric power station had to discharge 5 water gates, but after the 13th storm, it continued to accumulate water …

Regarding the aforementioned incident, on November 17, the inspection team of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce verified the hydroelectricity of Thuong Nhat (Thuong Nhat Commune, Nam Dong District, Thua Thien Hue Province).

The delegation verified the safety measures for dams, floods and storms, the accumulation of water to generate electricity at the Thuong Nhat hydroelectric plant, invested by Central Vietnam Hydropower JSC.

The results of the field inspection and current regulations show that Central Vietnam Hydropower Investment Joint Stock Company has not or has not complied with the processes and regulations to ensure the safety of lakes and dams, preventing storms. flood.

The inspection team proposed to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to carry out acts of administrative infraction regarding the safety of hydroelectric dams in accordance with Decree No. 134 / ND-CP.

Particularly for violations of the electrical activity permit, the delegation will inform the Minister of Industry and Commerce about the revocation of the electrical activity license for the Thuong Nhat Hydroelectric Power Plant.

CNQ

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