Ensure adequate power supply during hot season

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of May 11, the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province had a working session with Nghe An Electricity Company on issues related to the Electricity industry.

Overview of the working session.

To prepare for stable power supply this summer, the Company also focuses on investing in and building anti-overload projects; strengthening the power grid; fully preparing human and material resources to respond and handle quickly when incidents occur, ensuring the most stable power supply.

In the first quarter of 2017, Nghe An Electricity Company fully met the electricity demand for socio-economic development and people's daily life in the area; the power grid operated stably, without having to reduce load demand.Commercial electricity output reached over 606 million kWh, up 24% over the same period.

All 14 customer service indicators of the company have met the regulations. The company has also put into operation a customer care switchboard, focusing on improving service quality such as providing electricity on time, notifying power outages, and reconnecting electricity on time; promptly resolving incidents caused by natural disasters; and upgrading the power grid. By the end of 2016, the company had received and sold electricity to households in 421/423 communes, the remaining 2 communes and some clusters are planned to be received in 2017.

At the working session, the National Assembly delegation highly appreciated the contributions of Nghe An Electricity Company in its efforts to provide stable and safe electricity, invest in construction and development of rural electricity systems, and renovate the power grid... making an important contribution to promoting socio-economic development and serving the lives of Nghe An people.

At the same time, the company is requested to clarify a number of issues that voters are expressing opinions about related to the work of receiving and repaying capital for the rural low-voltage power grid; upgrading the power grid; resolving the issue of villages without national power grid; ensuring power grid corridors; voltage quality in rural areas, customer service, etc.

The Electricity Industry maintains and repairs power lines to be ready to serve electricity needs during the upcoming hot season. Photo courtesy

Leaders of Nghe An Electricity Company have given explanations and answers to voters' questions. Specifically, regarding the final settlement of villages without national grid electricity, Nghe An Electricity Company said that it is currently implementing a project to supply rural electricity from the national grid, with an amount of more than 782 billion VND, phase 1 has completed connecting electricity to the centers of 16 communes. From now until 2020, an additional investment of about 575 billion VND will be invested to supply to the remaining communes.

Regarding the acceptance and repayment of capital for the rural low-voltage grid, Nghe An Electricity Company said that currently, Nghe An province has basically completed the handover of the rural grid to the Company for management, operation and business with 421 out of 423 communes. However, according to the Electricity industry, the current state of the grid system after acceptance is mostly in a dilapidated, degraded state, with overloaded transformer stations and long power supply radius, leading to poor power quality, unsafety, and affecting people's lives. Therefore, from now until 2018, the Electricity industry plans to invest in renovating 1,500 more stations with an amount equivalent to 2,500 billion VND to renovate low-voltage lines and transformer stations to serve the people.

At the meeting, Nghe An Electricity Company also made recommendations to the National Assembly delegation to give opinions to local authorities at all levels and agencies in coordinating, supporting, and resolving mechanism problems in receiving and repaying capital for rural low-voltage power grids; site clearance for power projects; relocation of power poles when implementing the New Rural Program in localities; coordinating and assisting the company in promoting awareness of customers in using electricity, saving electricity, and protecting the safety corridor of the power grid to avoid unfortunate damages.

Regarding the power supply and power quality in the upcoming hot season, Nghe An Electricity Company said that the dams of large hydroelectric projects have been relatively fully filled with water. Therefore, the Company will make every effort to ensure adequate power supply during this year's hot season.

Comrade Nguyen Thanh Hien concluded the meeting.

ConcludeAt the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hien - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation highly appreciated the contributions of Nghe An Electricity Company in its efforts to provide stable and safe electricity, making an important contribution to promoting socio-economic development and serving people's lives in the province.At the same time, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hien also suggested that in the coming time, the electricity sector should make efforts to effectively implement the roadmap for bringing electricity to villages without electricity; continue to inspect the settlement of voters' recommendations to specifically resolve each content; strengthen the inspection of facilities to improve the quality of electricity supply and serve customers well.

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