Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee directs timely implementation of urgent tasks on electricity

After working with Vietnam Electricity Group (June 7, 2023), listening to the reports of EVN leaders, EVN member units and the report of the Director of the Department of Industry and Trade on the electricity supply situation in the dry season of 2023 and some other related contents; Comments from comrade Nguyen Tai Anh - Deputy General Director of EVN and participants, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung concluded as follows:

Overview of the working session between the Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee and Vietnam Electricity Group on June 7, 2023. Photo: Pham Bang

According to the report of the Electricity sector and the Department of Industry and Trade, currently the situation of electricity use, development and management in the province has a number of major issues that need attention, direction and timely resolution of urgent tasks, specifically as follows:

1. Electricity supply situation in the dry season of 2023, electricity saving work in Nghe An province in the coming time:

1.1. Relevant departments, branches, units and localities continue to strictly implement Directive No. 11/CT-UBND dated June 5, 2023 of the People's Committee of Nghe An province on saving electricity in the dry season and 2023 and the directions of the Provincial People's Committee on saving electricity and ensuring safe and reliable electricity supply.

1.2. Department of Industry and Trade

- Take the lead in coordinating with relevant departments, branches, localities and units to effectively implement Official Dispatch No. 517/CD-TTg dated June 6, 2023 of the Prime Minister on implementing solutions to ensure electricity supply in the dry season of 2023 and the coming time; at the same time, be the focal agency to regularly monitor, coordinate and urge relevant agencies, organizations and individuals to implement the directions of the Provincial People's Committee on electricity saving and ensuring safe and reliable electricity supply.

- Take the lead in coordinating with relevant departments, branches, localities and units to strengthen guidance and promote administrative agencies, production and business enterprises, people and management areas to apply innovative solutions and replace energy-consuming equipment with energy-saving equipment.

- Coordinate with Nghe An Electricity Company to review production and business activities of enterprises to implement reasonable solutions to arrange and reduce electricity to minimize impacts on production and business.

1.3. Nghe An Electricity Company

- Preside and coordinate with the Department of Industry and Trade, the Management Board of the Southeast Economic Zone, the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to review and develop plans to reduce power sources of production enterprises in the area to ensure reasonableness in order to minimize the impact on production and business.

- Develop a plan for power supply operations, and coordinate with the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to announce power outage schedules on the media so that people and businesses can plan their daily activities and production.

- Closely coordinate with Nghe An Radio and Television Station; Nghe An Newspaper in the process of implementing the construction of a column to promote electricity saving.

1.4. Southeast Economic Zone Management Board

Proactively coordinate with Nghe An Electricity Company to review production and business activities of enterprises in industrial parks to implement solutions to arrange and cut electricity reasonably to minimize impacts on production and business.

1.5. People's Committees of districts, cities and towns

- Proactively coordinate with Nghe An Electricity Company to review the production and business activities of enterprises in the area (outside industrial parks) to implement solutions to arrange and cut electricity reasonably to minimize the impact on production and business.

- Establish an inspection team to reduce electricity usage for traffic lighting systems, advertising lighting, decoration, and administrative and public service agencies under management.

1.6. Nghe An Provincial Radio and Television Station; Nghe An Newspaper and local press agencies

Focus on building a column to promote electricity saving in the dry season and 2023 to achieve the highest efficiency.

2. Regarding investment in power supply for industrial parks, clusters, key projects, villages and hamlets without electricity and resolving existing problems related to resettlement and supporting people's lives after the 2018 flood at the Ban Ve Hydropower Project

Nghe An Electricity repairs and upgrades the power grid system. Photo courtesy of BNA

- Nghe An Provincial People's Committee requests EVN to pay attention to and direct relevant units to coordinate and support the supply of electricity to key projects and works, propose investment in Hoang Mai 220kV transformer station, and plan to complete the supply of electricity to villages and hamlets without electricity in Nghe An province; assign the Department of Industry and Trade to coordinate with the Northern Power Corporation, Nghe An Power Company, and relevant units to promptly and effectively implement the above contents.

- Regarding the unification of work contents and proposed support values ​​to resolve existing problems in resettlement of Ban Ve Hydropower Project, assign the Department of Industry and Trade to urgently carry out the tasks directed by the Provincial People's Committee in Official Dispatch No. 3993/UBND-CN dated May 25, 2023, advise the Provincial People's Committee to report to the Ministry of Industry and Trade before June 20, 2023.

The Provincial People's Committee informs relevant agencies and units to know and coordinate to organize timely and effective implementation./.