Electricity industry increases power supply capacity in dry season 2025

Binh Thuy Power workers perform repair and maintenance work on the power grid and transformer station in Tra Noc 1 Industrial Park.

Currently, the power grid in Can Tho City is supplied by 11 110/22kV stations, such as Can Tho, Hung Phu, Long Hoa, Binh Thuy; Can Tho Industrial Park, Thot Not, Thoi Thuan, Vinh Thanh, Thoi Lai and Phong Dien, with a total capacity of 913 MVA... It is expected that in 2025, the city's commercial electricity will reach 3,560 billion kWh, with an average growth rate of 7.81%. Accordingly, to ensure electricity supply in the dry season of 2025, from the beginning of the year, Can Tho City Electricity Company has directed 9 district and county power companies, along with the Company's affiliated units, to deploy technical solutions to ensure the grid operates safely and smoothly, optimally serving the production, business and daily life needs of the city's residents. At the same time, the electricity industry also proactively builds scenarios for operating the grid in conditions of unusually high load and reserves transmission capacity, to meet the maximum consumption capacity of the city, especially when entering the peak of the hot season.

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Along with technical solutions to ensure electricity supply in the dry season of 2025, the electricity sector is accelerating the investment and construction of many key power supply projects for the city, such as the Project to renovate, upgrade and develop the medium voltage grid in Can Tho City (Project). The project is to build new, renovate and upgrade the transmission capacity of 28 medium voltage lines in 5 districts, including Cai Rang, Ninh Kieu, Binh Thuy, O Mon, Thot Not and 3 districts, including Phong Dien, Thoi Lai and Co Do. The project is invested by the Southern Power Project Management Board, with a total investment of over 114.8 billion VND and is divided into 2 packages. Of which, package 1 has completed and put into use 13 lines in Cai Rang, Ninh Kieu and Binh Thuy districts. As for package 2, there are 15 routes that have been and are being implemented in O Mon district, Thot Not district, Phong Dien district, Thoi Lai district and Co Do district. Up to now, 3 routes in Thot Not district, 2 routes in Phong Dien district and 1 route in Co Do district have been completed; the remaining routes are being focused on by construction units to speed up construction progress, energize according to plan... Thereby, it will contribute to increasing the quality of electricity supply, serving people's lives as well as promoting socio -economic development.
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One of the projects that the electricity industry is focusing on investing in the first months of 2025 is the "Lo ra project" under the project "Developing the distribution grid in Cai Rang district" built in Yen Ha area, Thuong Thanh ward, Cai Rang district, with a total length of more than 4km, with a total investment of 4.5 billion VND. The electricity industry is speeding up the construction progress and is expected to be completed by the end of March 2025... Mr. Tran Duy Khai, Director of Cai Rang Electricity, said: "Lo ra project" is an important project, playing an intermediary role, connecting the circuit between neighboring districts, meeting the need for safe and continuous electricity supply to serve the needs of socio-economic development and the lives of people in Cai Rang district and neighboring areas.

According to Can Tho City Electricity Company, recently there have been many cases of customers being harassed by strange phone numbers, impersonating electricity employees to scam customers using electricity. To prevent fake information, scam customers as well as protect the reputation of the electricity industry, Can Tho City Electricity Company announces the procedures for handling customer service requests. Accordingly, when customers need to register for new services, change contract information, repair electricity... please contact through official channels, such as the customer care hotline of Southern Power Corporation (EVNSPC): 19001006-19009000; Website: www.cskh.evnspc.vn; App: CSKH EVNSPC; Zalo Official Account: EVNSPC; Email for customers to contact CSKH EVNSPC: cskh@evnspc.vn; Email for customers to receive notifications about electricity services: cskh@evnspc.net. At the same time, make transactions directly at the nearest electricity transaction office.

Electricity customers should be aware to avoid fraud, that is, the Electricity Company does not ask customers to provide personal information, bank information or through calls of unknown origin; the Electricity Company does not instruct customers to install strange customer service apps via links. The official EVNSPC customer service app can only be installed from the App Store for IOS and Google Play for Android under the name EVNSPC customer service.

Regarding the electricity bill payment process, customers can pay their electricity bills through official channels, such as online payment via EVNSPC's Customer Service Website at the link: https://cskh.evnspc.vn/ThanhToanTienDien/HuongDanThanhToan; instructions for online payment via EVNSPC's Customer Service App; payment via banks ( Agribank , BIDV, Vietcombank, Vietinbank...): transaction counters, electronic payment channels, such as automatic debit, bank transfer. Payment via intermediary organizations (Momo, ZaloPay, VNPay, Payoo, Viettel, Post Office,...): collection points, convenience stores, payment applications (e-wallets). Customers should be careful to avoid fraud, that is, the electricity industry only pays through official channels, does not transfer money to individuals claiming to be Electricity employees; carefully check the bill information before paying. If you have any questions, please contact EVNSPC Customer Service Center directly at 1900.1006/1900.9000 for verification support.

Regarding the procedure for notifying of power outage due to unpaid electricity bills, if the customer has not paid the electricity bill on time, the Electricity Company will follow the procedure. Step 1: Send a reminder via EVNSPC Customer Service App message or Zalo, SMS, Email and paper notice; Step 2: Send a second notice if the customer has not paid; Step 3: Notify of power outage at least 24 hours before the power outage; Step 4: Proceed to cut off the power supply if the customer does not pay on time. Note to avoid fraud, the Electricity Company does not send staff to the house to request cash payment. In case the customer receives a strange call threatening to cut off the power immediately if the money is not transferred, please contact EVNSPC Customer Service Center 19001006-19009000 for verification support.

Article and photos: MY HOA

Source: https://baocantho.com.vn/nganh-dien-tang-cuong-kha-nang-cung-cap-dien-mua-kho-2025-a184690.html