Add about 1,500 transformer stations in the 2015-2018 period

(Baonghean.vn)- Voters in some localities reported that in some places, the electricity sector uses old power lines that were built by people's contributions in the past, which are now seriously damaged but have not been replaced. In rural areas, the system of power poles and power lines is seriously degraded, having to use bamboo and wooden poles for support without maintenance or upgrading, posing a risk of being unsafe. In many areas, the electricity is too weak to meet the production, business and daily needs of the people.

The competent authority responded to this issue as follows:

- The current state of the rural low voltage grid after being taken over by Nghe An Electricity Company is in a state of disrepair and degradation, the transformer stations are overloaded, the power supply radius is long, leading to poor power quality, unsafety, affecting people's lives. Since 2010, Nghe An Electricity Company has invested, built, upgraded and energized nearly 600 transformer stations, but has only basically handled the overload points.

Broken electric pole supported by bamboo poles in Lang Son commune (Anh Son), documentary photo, illustration

In the past, the Electricity industry has invested more than 1,500 billion VND to renovate the low-voltage grid alone, but due to the old and dilapidated grid and large volume of received power, only 1/3 of the received volume has been renovated (3,828.443 km/total 11,600 km has been renovated).

Degraded power stations are a common sight in many localities, documentary and illustrative photo

To meet the people's electricity needs, the Electricity industry is continuing to invest in additional transformer stations with an estimated 1,500 stations in the 2015-2018 period. The total estimated capital needed is about 2,500 billion VND to meet the needs of upgrading low-voltage lines and transformer stations to serve the people.

Homemade electric poles of people in hamlet 14, Lam Son commune, Do Luong (illustration photo Thuy Hang)

- Implementation solutions in the coming time: Currently, Nghe An Electricity Company has counted the volume of renovation needed for each commune registered with the Northern Electricity Corporation to allocate capital to implement the project of upgrading power lines that are at risk of being unsafe and dangerous to people's lives and property, combined with gradually adjusting the power grid planning to be reasonable.

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