TA 49208-001 REG: Integrated Resource Planning with Strategic Environmental Assessment for Sustainable Power Sector Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion

The firm will be engaged to deliver the following outputs.  

•	Output 1: Viet Nam’s Capacity in IRP and SEA Enhanced. This component will support updating or 
revising the Viet Nam PDP by applying the IRP with SEA. It will include (i) analyzing how to 
integrate substantially higher shares of intermittent RE sources into power generation mix while 
optimizing the prediction, balancing, and dispatching aspects; (ii) assessing how EE could be 
treated by power utilities as a virtual generation resource in the same way as new generating 
capacity considering key EE measures such as time-of-use tariff, obligation of saving to the power 
utility and/or aggregation and displacement of big consumers; (iii) evaluating the benefits of 
cross-border interconnection in terms of improved reliability, reduced reserve margin requirements, 
and optimized generation resources; (iv) validating policies, regulations, programs and targets on 
RE, EE and cross-border interconnections under the IRP with SEA as appropriate and develop 
recommendations to strengthen them; and (v) building related institutional capacity building.

•	Output 2: GMS Countries Awareness Increased. This component will (i) identify the country’s 
institutional capacity gap and technical issues in applying IRP with SEA in the national PDP 
process in all GMS countries; (ii) tailor technical guidelines and briefing notes on the country 
PDP process by applying IRP with SEA and using Viet Nam’s experiences both in English and in 
selected national languages;  and (iii) organize country workshops and training programs on 
promoting RE, EE, and cross-border interconnections as well as improving PDP process based on 
regional and international best practices for all GMS countries; and (iv) provide twinning supports 
between institution to institution or utility to utility to better understand institutional 
development challenges and facilitate exchange of ideas between the countries for improving the PDP 
process and promoting RE, EE, and cross-border interconnections.  

•	Output 3: Knowledge Products Shared. This component will support designing and packaging various 
studies into quality knowledge products on selected topics and themes based on GMS countries’ 
needs, priorities, and challenges during project implementation, including but not limited to the 
topics of (i) Viet Nam’s Experiences in Integrated Power Development Planning Approach: Applying 
IRP with SEA; and (ii) Country Integrated PDP Guidelines and Briefing Notes (both in English and in 
selected national languages).

The consultants will be responsible for the quality and timely delivery of the assigned tasks, such 
as reports, procedures, and related knowledge development activities. For the Viet Nam component, 
the consultants will be required to work closely with General Department of Energy (GDE), ERAV 
(Electricity Regulatory Authority of Viet Nam), and Institute of Energy Viet Nam under the Ministry 
of Industry and Trade for PDP as well as with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment for 
SEA procedures and guidelines.