Ensuring continuous power supply and electrical safety during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival 2023

In the last days of 2022, near the Lunar New Year of Quy Mao 2023, the demand for electricity increases, the risk of electrical insecurity due to some organizations and individuals setting up flagpoles, using metal-coated fireworks, releasing sky lanterns, flying saucer toys, flying kites with the risk of getting caught in power lines and transformer stations causing grid incidents, interrupting power supply, and causing fires is very high.

Operation management team (PC Nghe An) checks technical parameters of 110kV Hoang Mai 1 transformer station. Photo: Phan Thuy

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 2023, Nghe An Electricity Company has 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 a number of contents on safe electricity use during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival 2023.

Based on the request of Nghe An Electricity Company, the Provincial People's Committee has issued an official dispatch assigning the Chairmen of the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns to urgently direct relevant departments, units and People's Committees of communes, wards and towns to organize propaganda on electrical safety work 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, the provincial electronic information portal to coordinate with Nghe An Electricity Company, Department of Industry and Trade to propagate contents on ensuring electrical safety on Newspapers, Radio and electronic information systems (website, Facebook, Zalo,...) so that all people know and implement, avoid unfortunate incidents of electrical safety, ensure continuous and stable power supply during the Lunar New Year and festivals at the beginning of the year.