Leaders of the Department of Industry and Trade inspected the repair of electrical problems after storm No. 10.

The working group inspected the Hung Dong 220kV Transformer Station - one of four 220kV transformer stations in the province that suffered an incident caused by storm No. 10.

Mr. Ho Ngoc Toan - Deputy Director of Nghe An Power Transmission, who directly directed this unit, said that at around 6:00 a.m. on September 29, storm No. 10 BUALOI seriously affected the transmission grid in the province, causing power outages at 4/5 transformer stations in the area (Hung Dong, Do Luong, Tuong Duong, Nam Cam), and at the same time, affected the off-line incident for the power supply of the 220kV Do Luong, Nam Cam stations and the Hung Dong - Ha Tinh double-circuit 220kV line. Nghe An Power Transmission Team promptly handled and fixed the grid problems and by 9:00 a.m. on the same day, the transformer stations were completely fixed to put into operation to meet the power supply for the province.

In addition, the working group inspected the impact of storm No. 10 on the distribution grid in the old Nghi Loc area - which suffered heavy damage. Mr. Le Quang Thanh - Deputy Director of Nghe An Electricity Company said: In the old Nghi Loc area alone, about 200 electric poles were damaged, in the old Nam Dan area, about 80 poles. For the old Vinh city area, the inventory is still being done, and more data is being updated...".

According to a quick report from Nghe An Electricity Company, storm No. 10 has severely affected the power infrastructure in Nghe An province. In the medium voltage grid, 5 transformers were damaged, 3 suspension stations were broken, 258 poles were damaged (157 poles were broken, 101 poles were tilted, cracked), more than 5,100 meters of wire were broken and many other assets were damaged. In the low voltage grid, up to 578 poles were damaged (468 poles were broken, 110 poles were cracked), nearly 15 kilometers of wire were broken, 1,000 meters and 600 meter boxes were damaged along with many auxiliary items...

Up to now, Nghe An Electricity Company is mobilizing maximum resources to synchronously implement the work of restoring the affected power grid in the area. Accordingly, the 110kV power grid has restored 37/41 lines, all 16/16 transformer stations have resumed operation. However, the situation in the medium and low voltage grid is still very difficult: Only 35/7,957 transformer stations and 29/172 lines have been restored.

At the inspection, comrade Pham Van Hoa - Director of the Department of Industry and Trade highly appreciated the sense of responsibility of the Electricity sector in recent days and requested to continue to mobilize maximum human resources and means, carry out urgent construction but must be absolutely safe and soon restore the power grid system to ensure stable life for people and meet production and business needs in the area.

Notably, many working groups of the Electricity sector from other provinces and cities are also urgently coming to Nghe An to join hands to support. This timely and responsible support not only contributes to sharing the burden for the locality, but also demonstrates the spirit of solidarity and affection in the whole sector. This is a great source of encouragement for the forces directly dealing with the incident to be more determined and soon bring the electricity back to serve the people.