On the morning of September 1, Southern Power Corporation announced the cause of the sudden power outage that occurred on August 31 and September 1 in Long An province.
Accordingly, at 9:27 p.m. on August 31, due to an incident at the Cai Lay 220kV transformer station (managed and operated by Power Transmission Company 4), a power outage occurred on the 110kV line 174 Cai Lay - 171 Tan Thanh, the 110kV transformer stations Thanh Hoa, Moc Hoa and Vinh Hung; causing sudden power outages in the districts of Dong Thap Muoi region of Long An province including: Thu Thua, Thanh Hoa, Tan Thanh, Moc Hoa, Vinh Hung, Tan Hung and Kien Tuong town.
The incident caused a power outage in the entire districts of Thanh Hoa, Tan Thanh, Moc Hoa, Vinh Hung and Kien Tuong town, as well as the entire communes of Hung Ha, Thanh Hung, Hung Dien, Hung Dien B, Vinh Buu, Vinh Dai, Vinh Loi and Vinh Thanh; part of Tan Hung town and part of Hung Thanh and Vinh Chau A communes (Tan Hung district) and part of Long Thuan, Long Thanh and Tan Long communes (Thu Thua district, Long An province).
Immediately after the incident, Long An Electricity Company focused resources to urgently restore power supply in the following areas: Thu Thua district; part of Tan Hung town, Vinh Thanh, Vinh Loi, Vinh Chau A communes (Tan Hung district); part of Tan Dong, Tan Tay, Tan Hiep, Thuy Dong communes (Thanh Hoa district).
However, due to the incident at the Cai Lay 220kV transformer station not being resolved, as of September 1, there were still power outages in some areas, including: the entire districts of Tan Thanh, Moc Hoa, Vinh Hung and Kien Tuong town; a part of Vinh Thanh, Vinh Chau A, Vinh Loi communes, Tan Hung town (Tan Hung district); Thanh Phuoc, Thanh An, Thuan Binh communes and a part of Thuy Tay, Tan Tay communes, Thanh Hoa town (Thanh Hoa district).
While waiting for the 220kV Cai Lay transformer station incident to be resolved by Power Transmission Company 4, Long An Power Company will update information on the incident resolution status and the time to restore power to customers in the above areas.
