Nghe An Electricity Company: Ensuring continuous and safe power supply during Lunar New Year 2022

Nghe An Electricity Company workers instruct on how to use electricity economically, safely and effectively.

In the last days of the year, close to the Lunar New Year 2022, when people's demand for electricity increases, ensuring safe electricity use is again an urgent issue. Some organizations and individuals erecting flagpoles, erecting flagpoles, using metal-coated fireworks, releasing sky lanterns... are at risk of getting caught in power lines and transformer stations, interrupting the power supply, causing fires and electrical safety risks for the people. There have been many tragic cases when erecting a Tet pole, touching high-voltage power lines. A typical case occurred on January 25, 2021, in Minh Hop commune, Quy Hop district, Nghe An, causing 3 people to be electrocuted, resulting in one death and two injuries...

To be proactive in prevention work, ensure continuous and stable power supply, and avoid risks of fire and electrical accidents that may occur during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival in 2022,Nghe An Electricity Companyissued a plan to propagate electrical safety and power grid safety corridors, directing affiliated units to strengthen propaganda work in many forms, such as: Propagating electrical safety to people through social network information such as Facebook, Zalo, text messages...

Workers of Nghe An Electricity Company distribute leaflets, promoting economical, safe and efficient use of electricity to people.

Propaganda by posting leaflets, pictures, billboards, posters... at the People's Committees of communes or crowded areas where power lines pass through; Coordinate with local organizations such as: Village Chiefs, Youth Unions, schools. Organize village meetings to integrate propaganda content directly with people, school students, and sign commitments to protect the power grid system for each household along the power line; Print leaflets, content on protecting the safety of overhead power lines and prohibited acts quoted from Decree 14/CP, with illustrative images to distribute to local people where power lines pass through; Encourage and promptly reward collectives and individuals with many outstanding achievements in propaganda work on protecting power grid safety...

Along with that, on January 5, 2022, the Electricity Company issued an Official Dispatch requesting the People's Committee of Nghe An province to direct local authorities at all levels to propagate to all people and organizations and agencies in the area about ensuring continuous power supply and electrical safety for the people, during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival 2022.

On January 13, 2022, the Provincial People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 300/UBND-CN to departments, branches, sectors, units and localities on strengthening propaganda to ensure electrical safety before and during the Lunar New Year. The Chairmen of the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns were assigned to urgently direct relevant departments, units and People's Committees of communes, wards and towns to organize propaganda on ensuring electrical safety to organizations, households and individuals to know and implement, ensuring absolute safety of people's lives and property and ensuring safety for electrical works.

Assign the Department of Information and Communications, Nghe An Newspaper, Nghe An Radio and Television Station and the Provincial Electronic Information Portal to coordinate with Nghe An Electricity Company and the Department of Industry and Trade to propagate contents on ensuring electrical safety on Newspapers, Radio Stations and electronic information systems (websites, Facebook, Zalo...) so that all people know and follow, avoiding unfortunate incidents of electrical safety during the Lunar New Year.

Vinh City Electricity workers check and repair circuit breakers of electrical cabinets to ensure safe and stable power supply, improving reliability for customers.

Nghe An Electricity Company recommends safe use of electricity during Tet

1.Do not gather in large crowds, do not erect poles near the safety corridor of power grid works and power stations; do not shoot confetti with metal-coated strings, do not release sky lanterns, fly kites, do not play with flying disc toys in areas with or near power lines, electrical equipment and power stations.

2.Do not directly tap into or hack the electricity metering system to steal electricity for use in street lighting, entertainment venues, or festival venues.

3.Do not commit acts such as: causing damage, building houses, buildings, planting trees in violation of the power grid safety corridor, climbing on construction parts, power lines and transformer stations. Do not work in violation of the safety distance to power grid equipment lines, leading to safety risks for yourself and the community.

4.Do not use power lines and transformer stations for private purposes such as: hanging pennants on roads, hanging signs, billboards, building houses, tents, tying buffaloes and cows at the foot of power poles, using electricity to catch fish, trap rats, trap thieves, dry clothes...

5.When detecting a risk of fire or explosion of electrical equipment on power lines, transformer stations, or violations of the safety corridor of high-voltage power grids causing unsafety, it is required to notify the Electricity unit in charge of operation and management located in the area, orCustomer service hotline number 19006769to handle promptly to ensure everyone's safety and minimize property damage to the electricity industry and people.