Power outage, EVN leaders, Electricity Regulatory Authority apologize, hope for understanding

That was shared by Mr. Tran Viet Hoa, Director of the Electricity Regulatory Authority ( Ministry of Industry and Trade ), at a press conference to inform about the electricity supply situation, organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on the afternoon of June 7, in Hanoi.

People in many areas of Hanoi struggle to cope with hot weather when there is a power outage.

According to Mr. Ngo Son Hai, Deputy General Director of Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN), currently, the available capacity of the power system in the North is only 17,000 MW. Meanwhile, on hot days, the demand for electricity consumption is over 20,000 MW.

Therefore, EVN must reduce its peak power usage by about 30%. If calculating the average power output for the whole day, the reduction is at 6 - 10%, depending on whether the day is cool or hot.

Mr. Hai also said that with such a maximum capacity, the National Power System Control Center will base on Circular 34 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to allocate the capacity to 2 corporations: Northern Power Corporation (EVNNPC) and Hanoi Power Corporation (EVNHANOI).

Pursuant to Circular 34 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade guiding the allocation of power sources in case of power shortage, EVNHANOI and EVNNPC will allocate output to local power companies. Then, local power companies will have an allocation plan based on the priority instructions.

"In principle, power companies will report and approve plans to reduce electricity consumption to the People's Committees of provinces and cities," said Mr. Hai.

Regarding the priority subjects for electricity supply when the capacity allocated to localities is reduced, Mr. Nguyen Quoc Dung, Head of EVN's Business Department, said that EVNNPC and EVNHANOI have calculated in the direction of giving priority to approved important electricity customers, including important events.

"Regarding customer priority, localities will base on the production situation, giving priority to units producing essential goods such as clean water, food... or production facilities that employ a lot of labor," said Mr. Dung.

Mr. Tran Dinh Nhan, General Director of EVN, said that from now until water flows to hydroelectric reservoirs, EVN will try its best to ensure safe electricity operations. "In the context of insufficient demand, at some times we have to reduce electricity, EVN hopes that people will sympathize with this difficulty."

Also at the press conference this afternoon, Director of the Electricity Regulatory Authority Tran Viet Hoa expressed: "Despite our best efforts, the lack of electricity supply for socio -economic development is an untenable responsibility of the state management agency and the electricity supplier. We apologize to all people and businesses and hope to join hands and find solutions to save electricity to overcome the current difficult period."

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