State-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group has reported fewer blackouts in the first nine months of the year as part of improvements across power supplying indexes.
State-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group has reported fewer blackouts in the first nine months of the year as part of improvements across power supplying indexes. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – State-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group has reportedfewer blackouts in the first nine months of the year as part of improvementsacross power supplying indexes.
According to the group, there was a 43 percent reduction in its System AverageInterruption Duration Index (SAIDI) in the first eight months of the yearcompared to the same period in 2016.
SAIDI is the average outage duration for each customer served, measured inunits of time, often minutes or hour. Specifically, the group’s total SAIDI inthe period was 624 minutes.
The Momentary Average Interruption Frequency Index (MAIFI) was 0.64 times perclient, down 36.2 percent, and the System Average Interruption Frequency Index(SAIFI) was 4.56 times per client, decreasing 36.2 percent year on year.
Electricity supply is ensured as water levels in northern reservoirs are higherthan expectation.
The group generated and purchased a total of 147.92 billion kWh of electricityin the past nine months, a year-on-year surge of 8.17 percent. It sold 129.6billion kWh of electricity during January-September, rising 9.07 percent fromthe same time last year.
Therate of power loss over transmission was 7.26 percent, lower than the yearlytarget of 7.47 percent.
In October, EVN plans to produce and import 49.8 billion kWh in total withcommercial power output standing at 45 billion kWh.
Along with ensuring sufficient supply for significant socio-economic eventslike the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2017 and the 14th NationalAssembly’s 4th session, the group will continue safe and stableoperation of power system and keep close watch on weather conditions in orderto make timely response to any unexpected situation.-VNA
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State-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group has reported fewer blackouts in the first nine months of the year as part of improvements across power supplying indexes. (Photo: VNA) 
