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Applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model in Identifying the Electricity Retail Price in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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  • Nguyen Minh Ha

    (Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Vietnam)

  • Nguyen Duy Hoang

    (Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation, Vietnam)

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This paper applies the capital asset pricing model to calculate the expected return rate equivalent to electricity retail price in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), with observed 1464 h of HCMC Power Corporation. The study suggests the model of calculate the electricity retail price so that government has more tools to adjust the electricity prices in electricity market, and recommends an electricity retail price list of 12 levels, with the minimum sale price of 965 VND1/kWh and maximum sale price of 1675 VND/kWh. Specifically, with current electricity sale price of 1447 VND/kWh, the HCMC Power Corporation reaches the highest return rate of 11.7% and the return rate fluctuates from -12% to 11.7% (price of 1447 VND/kWh with rf = 6%). The sensitive analysis shows that from rf = 12% above, the return rate always reaches the maximum point at price of 1313 VND/kWh (It is an average cost to produce 1 kWh)

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  • Nguyen Minh Ha & Nguyen Duy Hoang, 2017. "Applying the Capital Asset Pricing Model in Identifying the Electricity Retail Price in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 7(2), pages 185-192.
    • Handle: RePEc:eco:journ2:2017-02-24
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    Keywords

    Capital Asset Pricing Model; Electricity Retail Price; Electricity Market;
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    • Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy

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