Decree No. 81/2009/ND-CP amending or supplementing the Government’s Decree No. 106/2005/ND-CP which details and guides a number of articles of the Electricity Law regarding the safe protection of high-voltage power grid works

THE GOVERNMENT

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No.81/2009/ND-CP

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

Independence- Freedom- Happiness

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Hanoi, October 12, 2009

DECREE

Amending or supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 106/2005/ND-CP dated August 17, 2005, which details and guides a number of articles of the Electricity Law regarding the safe protection of high-voltage power grid works

THE GOVERNMENT

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to the December 3, 2004 Electricity Law;

At the proposal of the Minister of Industry and Trade.

DECREES:

Article 1.

To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 106/2005/ND-CP dated August 17, 2005, detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Electricity Law, regarding the safe protection of high-voltage power grid works (below referred to as Decree No. 106/2005/ND-CP) as follows:

1. To amend and supplement Clause 2 of Article 2 as follows:

"2. Upon construction or renovation of overhead electricity transmission lines stretching over population quarters, public rally places, industrial parks, hi-tech parks, export processing zones, important defense or security works, historical-cultural relics and scenic places already classified by the State, electricity and construction safety measures shall be intensified as follows:

a/ Poles must be made of steel or reinforced concrete; the safety coefficient of poles, beams and pole foundations must not be lower than 1.2;

b/ Transmission cable must not be connected within intervals of poles, except for those with a cross-section of 240 mm² or over, which are allowed with one connection for each cable. The safety coefficient of transmission cable must not be lower than 2.5;

c/ Double insulators of the same type and same technical properties must be installed. Transmission cables and lightning-arresting wires, if being hung above insulators, must be installed with fixed support locks. The safety coefficient of insulators and accessories must satisfy currently prescribed standards;

d/ The distance from the lowest point of transmission cables in the maximum sagging state to the ground surface must not be lower than the limit prescribed in the following table: