The conference on "Electricity saving in hot season" is a continuation of a series of events within the framework of the National Program on energy saving and efficiency for the period 2019-2030 (VNEEP3 Program) in 2023.

Speaking at the opening of the Conference, Mr. Trinh Quoc Vu, Deputy Chief of the Office of the Steering Committee for Energy Conservation, Deputy Director of the Department of Energy Conservation, Ministry of Industry and Trade, said that climate change is increasingly extreme, difficult to predict, and unpredictable, and load demand is forecasted to recover. Therefore, to prepare for unusual developments that may occur during hot weather in the following years, each individual and organization needs to promote, take immediate, continuous and practical actions on electricity saving practices.

Mr. Trinh Quoc Vu, Deputy Director of Energy Conservation Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade.

At the conference, Mr. Vo Quang Lam, Deputy General Director of Vietnam Electricity Group, said that the power system faced a crisis of imbalance between electricity supply and demand in the past months of May and June, especially in the Northern region. Due to the impact of the El Nino phenomenon, in addition to the fuel shortage and some coal-fired thermal power plants having problems due to operating in prolonged hot weather conditions, leading to a serious power shortage.

In the context of supply shortage, the role of electricity customers (demand side) is extremely important in using electricity efficiently and economically. With the active cooperation of electricity customers, from May 17 to June 16, the whole country saved more than 226 million kWh (only for customer groups: Administration, public lighting, outdoor advertising lighting and key energy-using facilities), contributing positively to ensuring the balance of electricity supply and demand.

Conference scene.

“Saving electricity during the hot season” is one of the solutions for lessons that have happened and to anticipate and respond to extreme situations that may occur,” Mr. Vo Quang Lam emphasized.

At the conference, Mr. Nguyen Quang Minh, Director of the Center for Electricity Market Development Research and Training, chair of the Vietnam Electricity Saving Network, emphasized: The awareness, habits and actions of an individual will affect the results of saving practices of organizations/units. Therefore, the main goal of training and propaganda is to change the awareness of each individual to increase the effectiveness of action.

Mr. Vo Quang Lam, Deputy General Director of EVN shared at the conference.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Minh also shared training, propaganda and awareness raising solutions for 5 main customer groups according to the approach of first understanding customers (consumption habits, consumption characteristics, level of influence)..., then implementing a "simple-easy to understand-easy to remember-intuitive-practical-effective" approach corresponding to each target.

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