Solar panels are installed on the roof of the Nguyen Dinh Chieu high school for students with disabilities in HCM City (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – By taking various measures, Ho ChiMinh City aims to save 1.5 – 2 percent of commercial electricity output eachyear as from 2019.
The municipal People’s Committee said the cityhopes to save at least 10 percent of the annual electricity cost at agenciesand organisations while big power consuming businesses will save at least 1percent of the electricity used for each product unit compared to last year.
Among the planned measures, HCM City willreplace normal decorative and lighting lights with energy-efficient ones, carryout energy-saving solutions at all new public lighting facilities, and pilotreplacing compact light bulbs with LED lamps.
It is also encouraging local households andservice providers to save electricity by using energy-efficient devices,switching off unnecessary electrical devices, making use of natural light andventilation, and reducing the use of electricity-intensive appliances duringpeak times.
The HCM City Power Corporation, a subsidiary ofthe Vietnam Electricity (EVN) group, has also worked with organisations andlocal authorities to conduct communications activities at residential areas.
The corporation said in 2018, more than 727,000local households engaged in the power saving programme, saving nearly 400million kWh of electricity worth some 800 billion VND (34.5 million USD) andcutting down the emission of 322,000 tonnes of CO2.
As of the beginning of 2019, nearly 1,000households, agencies and businesses in HCM City had installed solar panels ontheir roofs with the total capacity of 11,382kWp.-VNA
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Solar panels are installed on the roof of the Nguyen Dinh Chieu high school for students with disabilities in HCM City (Photo: VNA) 
