Central Power Corporation

Central Power Corporation (commonly abbreviated CPC or EVNCPC, and in Vietnamese Tổng công ty Điện lực miền Trung) is a Vietnamese electric utility and a subsidiary of Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the state-owned group that dominates the country's power sector. As one of EVN's regional power corporations, CPC is responsible for the distribution and retail supply of electricity in Vietnam's central region, covering the central coastal provinces and the Central Highlands. Its operations include operating and maintaining medium- and low-voltage distribution networks, metering and billing retail customers, and delivering electricity to households, businesses, industrial users and public institutions within its service territory. The corporation is part of EVN's structure of regional power companies, alongside counterparts serving the north and south of the country. This structure reflects Vietnam's model of a single vertically integrated state utility with regional distribution subsidiaries. CPC's activities are therefore closely tied to national electricity policy, regulated tariffs and EVN's generation and transmission planning. The company's official web presence is at cpc.vn, where it publishes customer service information, outage notices and corporate news. Because CPC is a subsidiary rather than a listed company, it does not have its own stock ticker; its financial and operational results are consolidated within EVN. Its brand identity is primarily institutional and business-to-business, oriented toward electricity customers, local authorities and industrial partners in central Vietnam rather than consumer product marketing. The available public evidence confirms its status as a subsidiary of Vietnam Electricity, which is the central fact underpinning its identity as a regional power distribution brand.

Central Power Corporation is a regional power corporation within Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the state-owned enterprise that controls most of Vietnam's electricity generation, transmission and distribution. EVN was established as part of Vietnam's post-renovation (Đổi Mới) reforms, which reorganised the country's power sector into a group structure with specialised subsidiaries. Within that structure, EVN created regional power corporations to manage distribution and retail supply in different parts of the country; Central Power Corporation was formed to serve the central region, including the central coastal provinces and the Central Highlands. The corporation operates as a distribution utility: it takes electricity from the national transmission grid and delivers it through its own medium- and low-voltage networks to end customers. Its responsibilities include network construction and maintenance, customer connection, metering, billing and collection, and customer service. Like other EVN distribution units, CPC operates under regulated electricity tariffs set within Vietnam's national pricing framework, and its investment plans are coordinated with EVN's overall power development planning. Over time, Vietnam's power sector has undergone gradual reform, including the introduction of a competitive generation market and moves toward wholesale and retail electricity markets. As a subsidiary of EVN, CPC participates in this evolving market environment while continuing to serve as the incumbent distributor in its territory. The company maintains an official website at cpc.vn for customer information and corporate communications. Public evidence available for this dossier confirms its status as a subsidiary of Vietnam Electricity; detailed corporate history such as exact founding dates, charter capital and leadership appointments is not included in the supplied evidence and is therefore not asserted here.

A regional electricity distribution and retail subsidiary of Vietnam Electricity serving central Vietnam.

• Electricity distribution services

  Operation of medium- and low-voltage distribution networks in central Vietnam.

• Retail electricity supply

  Supply of electricity to residential, commercial, industrial and public customers.

• Metering and billing

  Customer metering, billing and collection services.

1. 1Central Power Corporation - Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Central Power Corporation official websitecpc.vn