Inventory of Business Licenses

General information
Name of formality	Certificate of Approval for Feasibility Study of Hydropower Plant
Type of formality	Certificate
Date of last modification	15.10.2020
Responsible Authorities	Department of Energy Policy and Planning
LSIC	D - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
Who should complete this business formality?	Any individual or legal entity intends to operate a hydropower business
Qualifications needed by the business to get the formality	Operating in accordance with the terms of reference (TOR), guidelines, electricity laws, electrical technical standards, and fees set by the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
Additional Comment

LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Name	Number	Date	Comment
Law on Electricity	19/NA	09.05.2017		""
Technical Standard of Lao Electric Enterprise	052/MoIC	12.02.2004		""
Fee and Service Charge of Mine and Energy Sector	0888/MoEM	20.05.2019

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - First time
Name	Type	Comment
Feasibility Study	Confirmative act	of the project

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FORMALITIES - Renew
Name	Type	Comment

 

Mean of presentation
Means of presentation	At the Authority Offices
Address of authority	Department of Energy Policy and Planning, Ministry of Energy and Mines
Processing Time (Day(s))	20	Within 15-20 working days as advised by the authority

 

RENEWAL INFORMATION
Does the formality have a validity or an expiration date?	NO
How long will the formality be valid for? (in months)	0
What is the process and conditions to get the formality?
What is the process and conditions to renew the formality?	N/A

 

ISSUING FEES
Has application fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Application fees	Total fees
YES	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Comments	The collection of fees for the issuance of a certificate of the feasibility study of the hydropower project is charged in accordance with the MW and GWh of the project: a. Intermediate level certificate: less than < 5 MW: 200,000 LAK/time, 5.1-50 MW: 500,000 LAK/time, Over > 50 MW: 800,000 LAK/time. 2,560 LAK x GWh + 12,800 LAK x MW b. Final level certificate: less than < 5 MW: 300,000 LAK/time, 5.1-50 MW: 800,000 LAK/time, Over > 50 MW: 1,000,000 LAK/time. 3,360 LAK x GWh + 14,400 LAK x MW

 

RENEWAL FEES
Has renewal fees?	Service fees	Certificate fees	Renewal fees	Total renewal fees
NO	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Comments

   

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Document Name	Comment
Feasibility Study	of the project

 

STATISTICS (Issue or/and renewed number)
Year	Issued	Renewed
2016	5	0
2017	9	0
2018	8	0