On the morning of August 26, the Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC) sent more than 200 workers and engineers to support Ha Tinh Power Company, under the Northern Power Corporation (EVNNPC), to overcome the severe damage to the power grid caused by storm No. 5 (Kajiki).
The working group led by Mr. Nguyen Huu Khanh - Deputy General Director, Head of EVNCPC Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue Department - and the relevant agencies urgently set off this morning.
In the immediate future, EVNCPC has established a Shock Team from 5 Power Companies: Quang Tri (40 people), Hue (50 people), Da Nang (40 people), Quang Ngai (40 people) and Gia Lai (40 people), bringing necessary means, equipment and materials to coordinate with Ha Tinh Power Company to fix the problem and restore power supply.
Mr. Ngo Tan Cu - General Director of EVNCPC - emphasized: "Although EVNCPC's power grid was also affected after storm No. 5, with the spirit of mutual love and support, as soon as we learned that Ha Tinh Power Company was seriously damaged and many areas had power outages, we urgently mobilized more than 200 officers, engineers and workers to go out to support. EVNCPC is a unit that regularly faces floods and storms, has a lot of experience in handling natural disasters, so forces, vehicles and materials have been deployed immediately to coordinate with other units, quickly restore the power grid and soon restore power to the people".
According to initial statistics, storm No. 5 with strong winds above level 12, gusting to level 14-15, directly made landfall in the Ha Tinh - Nghe An area, causing serious damage. In Ha Tinh, two 110kV lines (Cam Xuyen - Ky Anh 2 and T500 - Huong Khe) encountered problems, many areas in the area had to stop supplying electricity.
On the medium-voltage network, more than 220 lines and branches were interrupted, of which Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa provinces were the localities most severely affected. The transformer station system was also greatly affected, with thousands of stations stopped operating; many power poles broken, kilometers of power lines damaged, nearly 3,000 meters and many other auxiliary equipment affected.
