Law on Electricity (Amended)
电力法（修订版）
ກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍ ໄຟຟ້າ (ສະບັບປັບປຸງ)
Summary
This Law stipulates the fundamental principles and regulatory framework for the electricity sector, and applies to activities such as electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization. It clarifies the legal status of electricity as critical infrastructure, establishes the duties of the competent authorities, and provides for licensing of electricity operations, safety standards, and prohibited acts, with the aim of ensuring a stable electricity supply, promoting rational use, and safeguarding the rights of consumers.
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Article 1
Article 1 Purpose
This Law stipulates principles, regulations, and measures regarding the organization, operation, planning, management, and inspection of electricity work, in order to ensure the efficient operation of the electricity sector and electricity business, to leverage the advantages of natural resources, to use them economically, greenly, and sustainably for transmission and power generation, to improve the living standards of the multi-ethnic people of Laos, to contribute to national socio-economic development, and to be able to integrate with the region and the international community.
Article 2
Article 2 Electricity
Electricity refers to an energy source generated from natural resources—such as hydropower, wind power, solar power, fuel oil, coal, biomass, geothermal energy, natural gas, and nuclear energy—composed of electrical power, current, voltage, frequency, and other elements.
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