Vietnam’s electricity transmission output hit more than 203.8 billion kWh in 2020, fulfilling the plan set by Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and representing a year-on-year increase of 2 percent, according to General Director of the Electricity of Vietnam National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) Pham Le Phu.
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s electricity transmission output hit more than 203.8 billion kWh in 2020, fulfilling the plan set by Electricity of Vietnam(EVN) and representing a year-on-year increase of 2 percent, according to GeneralDirector of the Electricity of Vietnam National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT)Pham Le Phu.
The company worked hard to safely operate the powertransmission system without interruption, contributing to ensuring sufficient supplyfor the country’s socio-economic development, Phu told a recent conference to review the EVNNPT’s performance in 2020 and set out tasks for 2021.
It transmitted 910.5 billion kWh of electricity in the 2016-2020 period, Phusaid, with yearly average growth standing at 9.7 percent.
He also touched on the difficulties facing the corporation in cutting power loss last year, saying that the loss in the transmission grid stood at 2.23percent, up 0.08 percent compared to 2019.
Addressing the conference, Chairman of the Committee for Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC) Nguyen Hoang Anh praised the EVNNPT’s achievements in 2020 and suggested that EVN directand work closely with the corporation to ensure the stability and safety of powertransmission and supply and continue with measures to cut power losses and incidents.
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Participants urged the EVNNPT to further promote the application of modern technologiesin detecting the risk of incidents and in promptly handling them when theyoccur, to ensure the safe and stable operation of transformers and transmissionlines./.
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