All night repairing the line
Vietnam Electricity (EVN) said that super typhoon Yagi sweeping through the capital Hanoi caused many power grid incidents. Of which, regarding the high-voltage grid, 6 500kV lines, 31 220kV lines, 96 110kV lines were taken out of operation due to incidents or proactively cut to ensure safety.
Regarding the medium and low voltage power grid, due to the impact of strong storms, many distribution lines and transformer stations had problems or had to proactively cut off power to ensure customer safety.
According to EVN's statistics at the evening of September 7, the number of customers without power due to the storm was quite high. Of which, Quang Ninh had over 95% of customers without power; Hai Phong: over 95%, Bac Giang: about 70%, Ha Nam: about 30%, Nam Dinh: about 34%, Phu Tho 20%...
In Hanoi alone, although Typhoon Yagi caused many power grid problems, the capital's electricity sector has been working hard to ensure electricity supply for the people.
Notably, when storm Yagi moved into Hanoi with heavy rain and strong winds, on social networks, some websites spread information that "power outage in Hanoi at 6:00 p.m. on September 7".
After this information appeared, Lao Dong Newspaper reporters contacted EVN Hanoi representatives to verify. At that time, although EVN Hanoi leaders were directly on the scene to direct the response to the super typhoon, ensuring safe operation of the power system, they promptly informed that "Hanoi will not cut off power" and at the same time denied false rumors on social networks.
To minimize the damage caused by super typhoon Yagi, efforts must be made to bury the power grid throughout the city. Currently, EVN Hanoi has buried 100% of the medium-voltage power grid in Hanoi's inner city. Accordingly, the unit has buried medium and low-voltage lines on 180 streets with more than 1,100 km of wires and about 4,000 low-voltage cabinets, thereby recovering more than 6,000 electric poles of all kinds.
According to the unit's leader, in addition to the urban aesthetic factor, undergrounding contributes to improving the reliability of the power grid, eliminating incidents that cause transmission interruptions due to natural disasters such as storms and floods, or caused by people unintentionally such as balloon jams, kite flying, scaffolding, etc.
As for some areas where trees fell on power lines and substations, leading to power outages, EVN Hanoi has deployed more than 3,000 staff members to directly handle incidents and damage caused by the storm. At the same time, it has urgently deployed response measures, quickly resolved and ensured continuous and stable power supply for the people.
As soon as the wind died down, the orange-shirted workers of the capital rushed out to count the damage, isolate the incident, and urgently restore the power grid with the goal of restoring power as soon as possible, helping people quickly stabilize their lives after the fierce storm.
Send more staff to restore power soon
According to the Northern Power Corporation (EVNNPC), as of 9:00 p.m. on September 7, storm Yagi had caused extensive damage to the medium and low voltage power grid in 15 northern provinces and cities, affecting over 3 million customers.
EVNNPC Chairman Do Nguyet Anh also directed the Executive Board to promptly mobilize human and material resources from all units in EVNNPC to support power companies in overcoming the consequences as soon as storm No. 3 passes.
This morning, 8 working groups from EVNNPC also went to the northern provinces to support and overcome the damage.
Including support for two provinces that suffered heavy damage due to the storm. In Quang Ninh, 12 medium voltage poles and 2 low voltage poles were broken, about 461,000 customers (over 180 lines) lost power.
In Hai Phong, the damage to the medium and low voltage grid has not yet been counted, but there are about 500,000 customers on 142 power lines without power. Thai Binh currently has about 619,000 customers on 111 power lines without power. Thanh Hoa has more than 32,650 customers on 7 power lines without power...
EVNNPC leaders have directed power companies to pay special attention to providing early power to important loads and flood pumping substations as soon as weather conditions permit.
