Leaders of Nghe An Electricity Company inform about the progress of power restoration
Storm No. 5 made landfall in Nghe An on the evening of August 25, causing severe damage to the power grid, leaving many areas in the province without electricity. In this situation, Nghe An Newspaper, Radio and Television had a quick interview with Mr. Le Quang Thanh - Deputy Director of Nghe An Electricity Company to inform about the extent of damage as well as the progress of troubleshooting.
PV:Could you tell us about the current situation and how much damage has been done to Nghe An's electricity industry due to the impact of storm No. 5?
Mr. Le Quang Thanh:Storm No. 5, which made landfall in Nghe An on the evening of August 25, was a major storm, causing heavy damage to the power grid system in the province. Immediately after the storm passed, Nghe An Electricity Company directed its affiliated units to urgently carry out inspections, isolate the problem, and organize forces to fix it. The number one goal is to restore power as soon as possible to serve people's lives.
PV: Which area has the most widespread power outage right now, sir?
Mr. Le Quang Thanh:The most affected areas include Vinh City, Cua Lo, Nghi Loc, Dien Chau, Quynh Luu, Yen Thanh, and Hoang Mai Town (old). In Vinh City (old), widespread power outages were mainly caused by trees falling onto power lines, breaking wires and poles.
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PV: So how is the progress of the fix? How has the company mobilized human resources to handle it?
Mr. Le Quang Thanh:Following the direction of the Northern Power Corporation and the Company's leadership, we aim to restore the entire medium voltage grid and transformer stations in the old Vinh City area and some key areas today (August 26). After that, we will continue to handle the low voltage lines, gradually restoring power to households according to the motto "handle to where, supply power to there".
Regarding manpower, the Company has mobilized all officers and employees in the unit. At the same time, the Corporation also sent 3 Deputy General Directors directly to Nghe An to direct the recovery work. At the same time, shock troops from other power companies have also been mobilized to support. We are making every effort to restore power to the people as soon as possible.
SUMMARY REPORT OF NGHE AN ELECTRICITY COMPANY
1.Impact, damage:
- Impacts on power grids, power stations, and constructions:
Affecting the power supply and causing damage to the assets of the electricity industry such as: many medium and low voltage power poles are tilted, broken, landslides...etc.
- Impacts on electricity supply in the area: Power outages in many communes. Specifically:
+ Power outage148/178line
+ Number of transformer stations with power outages in the entire Company is:6,169/7,963 TBA;
+ Number of customers with power outages in the entire Company is:868,313/1,095,811 customers;
2. Expected remedial process:
Units are checking, assessing and repairing damage.
3. Summary of damage caused by natural disasters up to 07:00 on August 26, 2025:
* For 110kV lines:
* For Medium Voltage lines:
- Number of broken, collapsed, or drifting columns: 32 (columns);
- Tilted, collapsed, cracked columns: 11 (columns);
* For transformer stations:
- Number of damaged substations: 01 (substation);
- Number of damaged transformers: 01 (MBA).
* For Low Voltage lines:
- Number of low voltage power poles broken or fallen: 425 (poles);
-Number of low voltage power poles tilted and cracked: 68 (poles);