Cutting and pruning trees violates the safety corridor of 220kV and 500kV power grids

On March 29, the Western Power Transmission Company 2 coordinated with the District People's Committee, local authorities and the Police force to cut and trim 65 oil trees located inside and outside the safety corridor of the 220kV Duyen Hai - Mo Cay and 500kV Duyen Hai - My Tho power grids that were at risk of falling and causing grid incidents through No Lua A and No Lua B hamlets, Nhi Truong commune, Cau Ngang district.

Authorities cut and trim trees that affect the safety distance of the power grid.

In the past, the Western Power Transmission Company 2 has coordinated with relevant departments and agencies and the People's Committee of Cau Ngang District to repeatedly propagate and mobilize 4 households to cut and trim trees that violate the safety distance of the power grid corridor, but these households still resolutely refused to receive compensation, did not allow cutting and trimming trees and demanded compensation at very high prices. Therefore, on March 5, 2024, the People's Committee of Cau Ngang District requested the Provincial People's Committee to proceed with cutting and trimming trees that violate the safety distance of the 220kV Duyen Hai - Mo Cay and 500kV Duyen Hai - My Tho power grids passing through the above area.

During the implementation process, local government representatives informed households about the cutting and pruning of trees that affect the safety distance of the power grid corridor. Departments, branches and organizations continued to propagate, mobilize, explain and persuade households. After that, households agreed to compensation and complied with the cutting and pruning of trees to ensure safety and on time.

The 220kV Duyen Hai - Mo Cay transmission line, 68.11km long, passing through Tra Vinh province, was built in 2014, accepted and energized on July 15, 2015. The 500kV Duyen Hai - My Tho transmission line, 58.8km long, passing through Tra Vinh province, was built in 2015, accepted and energized on May 25, 2016. Both lines are intended to transmit power from the Duyen Hai Thermal Power Plant cluster to the 220kV Mo Cay transformer station and the 500kV My Tho transformer station, serving to supply electricity to a number of provinces in the region and partly connecting to the national power transmission grid.

The power grid safety corridor is guaranteed after completing tree cutting and pruning.

Ensuring the safety corridor of the high-voltage grid is a very important task, not only for the electricity industry but also a common task of the locality and the whole people. These are power lines connecting the power source, transmitting very large capacity from the Duyen Hai Thermal Power Plant cluster to supply electricity to Tra Vinh province and other provinces in the region, serving socio -economic development. Protecting the safety corridor of the national power grid is protecting the lives and property of the people, so people need to raise awareness in protecting the safety of the power grid corridor, avoiding unfortunate incidents.

Pham Hon

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