Voters propose early application of new retail electricity prices for domestic use

On the afternoon of October 12, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on the results of citizen reception, receipt, and handling of citizens' petitions and the results of supervising the settlement of citizens' complaints and denunciations sent to the National Assembly in 2026, and considered the report on the work of people's aspirations of the National Assembly in September 2026.

Presenting the report, Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairwoman of the Committee for Petitions and Supervision Le Thi Nga said that voters and people believe in the leadership of the Party and State.

Voters and people wish that all guidelines, policies, and laws are implemented synchronously, publicly, transparently, ensuring the legitimate rights and interests of the People.

In addition, there are a number of emerging issues that voters and people are concerned about and reflecting, such as the overload of work of commune-level officials and civil servants; about the act of producing and trading counterfeit goods, fake medicines, and banned substances in animal husbandry; about the flooding situation in many provinces and cities in the past time.

Or about the situation of collection and treatment of domestic waste not being timely and not in accordance with regulations; noise pollution in residential areas due to karaoke singing, prolonged gatherings for drinking, using ward loudspeakers in violation of regulations; the situation of students violating traffic order and safety; the situation of delays in issuing and separating Land Use Right Certificates.

In particular, the impact of toxic and harmful content from short AI videos on social networking platforms creates addictive psychology, negatively affecting users' thoughts and actions, concentration ability, phone use habits (especially the young generation); gasoline and oil prices are adjusted upwards in the operating periods, affecting production costs, commodity prices and people's lives; workers are owed wages and social insurance.

The report also clearly stated that some contents of answering voters' petitions are still incomplete and unconsistent.

Typically, voters in many localities are interested in reflecting on issues related to domestic electricity prices, electricity usage norms, transparency in electricity price structure and the impact of electricity prices on poor households, near-poor households, workers, and low-income workers.

At the same time, it is proposed to soon apply the new retail electricity price schedule for domestic use according to Decision No. 14 of the Prime Minister.

The content of the Ministry of Industry and Trade's response has not clarified the actual impact of the new price list on different groups of electricity users, especially low-income groups, and has not specifically stated when the new retail electricity price list will be applied.

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