Hot weather, Nghe An people adjust living habits, save electricity to reduce costs

Minimize the time spent using electrical equipment

Ms. Le Na in Block 14, Truong Vinh Ward, Nghe An said: "My family has 5 people, the appliances in the family include 3 air conditioners, 4 electric fans, not to mention TV, refrigerator, washing machine... During the hot days of June, especially when the children started summer vacation, the need to use electrical appliances such as TV, refrigerator, fan, air conditioner... also worked continuously, so the electricity bill in June increased. Therefore, the family had to immediately adjust the habits of all members to save electricity, minimize the use of electric appliances to reduce electricity costs."

Specifically, on hot days, to cool the house, Ms. Na cleans the house regularly. Instead of the children having to turn on the air conditioner all day during the summer, the family members only use the air conditioner for 2 hours at noon and set the temperature to 27.^oC, at night when using the air conditioner, set the timer to automatically turn it off, turn on a gentle fan, do not let the machine run all night.

Also by adjusting the family schedule to avoid being "shocked" when receiving the electricity bill, Ms. Thanh Nga in Thanh Vinh ward said: Due to the harsh weather in Nghe An, my family had to equip 4 air conditioners to cope with the hot season, of which, 1 machine is placed in the living room. Last June, there were many heat waves, so my family's electricity consumption increased dramatically, due to frequent use of air conditioners, more than previous months, so the electricity bill increased to 4.5 million VND/month. Right from the beginning of July, I "thoroughly instructed" members to limit the use of the common air conditioner in the living room. In addition, the 2 boys who previously each had a separate room with their own air conditioner, now encourage the 2 children to sleep in the same room to reduce the use of 1 air conditioner. Our family is also implementing the installation of a solar power system to help reduce electricity costs and contribute to environmental protection".

The electricity saving movement not only takes place in urban areas but also spreads to communes in Nghe An province. Mr. Pham Viet Hung, Van An commune shared: "People in my hamlet live near the river, so during this heat wave, after dinner, around 7:30 p.m., they often call each other to sit on the dike to enjoy the cool air, both to chat and to limit the time using electrical appliances in the family. People leave the house so the light bulbs, fans, TVs, and air conditioners can "rest" for about 2-3 hours. After 10 p.m., everyone goes home to sleep, which means reducing about 2 hours of electricity use. Not to mention, women also have a movement to play volleyball, every afternoon everyone gathers to play and cheer until 8-9 p.m., so it both improves health and saves a lot of time using electricity."

Double benefits from saving electricity

Joining hands to save electricity and implementing the electricity load adjustment program has brought benefits to businesses and people while still ensuring production, business, daily life... At the same time, it contributes to reducing the pressure on electricity supply during peak season. These are practical actions that Nghe An Electricity Company has been implementing synchronously with solutions to increase electricity saving, to ensure safe and stable electricity supply and bring double benefits.

To do this, Nghe An Electricity Company has mobilized maximum resources from agencies, businesses, and people to participate in implementing electricity saving programs, adjusting loads, shifting load charts, etc. Thereby, contributing to reducing costs for businesses and people, while at the same time, limiting risks that cause insecurity to the national power grid system.

In the production activities of enterprises, using electricity economically and effectively is one of the important solutions to help reduce production costs and increase the competitiveness of goods in the market. In Nghe An province, enterprises have gradually applied solutions to use electricity reasonably, scientifically and sustainably, improve technological processes, and apply new technologies to reduce energy consumption.

Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung - Deputy Director of Minh Anh Textile Joint Stock Company said: “From the beginning of the year, the company signed an agreement to adjust the load with Nghe An Electricity Company and implemented many synchronous solutions on management and technology to use electricity economically, such as checking and maintaining equipment periodically; investing, improving, and replacing old, low-efficiency equipment with high-efficiency, energy-saving equipment; minimizing the mobilization of equipment and machinery with high power consumption during peak hours. In addition, the company also adjusted workers' production hours and brought about many results. Implementing the electricity saving program, the company saves about 25 million VND in electricity bills every month, contributing to reducing costs."

Effectiveness through increased communication

In recent times, along with directing units to focus on inspecting the power line system and transformer stations to promptly detect and handle weak points; actively speeding up the progress of power grid construction investment projects, especially key projects, to ensure safe and stable power supply to serve daily life and socio-economic development in the whole province, the propaganda work on economical and efficient use of electricity has always been focused on by Nghe An Electricity Company.

In order for the emulation movement to save electricity to spread in people's lives, Nghe An Electricity Company has coordinated with local authorities, associations and organizations to actively propagate and mobilize people to practice saving electricity in many rich and diverse forms such as: Propaganda through loudspeakers of wards and communes and integration into block and hamlet meetings on policies on saving and effective electricity use, mobilizing people to thoroughly implement measures to save electricity and use electricity appropriately.

Deploy to households in the area to register to save electricity; schools to save electricity; actively disseminate the meaning and methods of saving electricity on billboards in the city; hang banners and posters with instructions on how to use electricity economically at ward and commune headquarters, schools, residential areas, organize parades with mobile loudspeakers to propagate on the streets... launch the "Earth Hour" campaign in the whole province.

In particular, in recent times, PC Nghe An has focused on strengthening communication work, coordinating with local and central newspapers, radio stations, social networking sites such as Facebook, Zalo... to regularly post informational content promoting the economical and efficient use of electricity. Up to now, the emulation movements to save electricity have been creating strong changes, gradually becoming a habit in the daily life of agencies, businesses and the majority of people.

For electricity saving activities to be truly effective, each person needs to have awareness, responsibility as well as the habit of using electricity reasonably, in order to contribute with the Electricity industry to implement the policy of using energy economically and effectively. This is a simple and practical action, for the benefit of the family itself, at the same time, contributing to building the common interests of the whole community, towards a green future.