How do people consume electricity during Tet Giap Thin 2024?

According to data from the National Power System Dispatch Center (A0), during the 2024 Tet holiday (from February 8, 2024, the 29th day of the Lunar New Year to February 14, 2024, the average daily electricity consumption of the entire national power system is about 27,026 MW, the average daily electricity consumption is about 490.1 million kWh/day.

Statistics show that electricity consumption nationwide during the 2024 Lunar New Year decreased by 31.7% compared to normal days of the week before Tet. However, the average daily electricity consumption was 11.2% higher than the same period during the 2023 Lunar New Year.

As previously predicted, the national electricity demand during the Lunar New Year has decreased significantly compared to normal days. Specifically, the national load capacity during off-peak hours has decreased to just over 14,900 MW, equivalent to about 60% compared to normal days.

EVN ensures safe power supply during Lunar New Year 2024. (Illustration photo: EVN).

According to A0, with low electricity consumption during the Tet holiday, many types of power sources are forced to reduce generation to match load demand. In fact, for the current power system, to ensure safe and stable operation of the power system, A0 is required to maintain a number of traditional power generators (such as coal-fired thermal power, gas turbines, hydropower, etc.) at a minimum level to ensure inertia and stability for the power system as well as have enough reserve capacity in case of power failures or unusual fluctuations in actual operation.

Therefore, when the load capacity is too low, traditional sources have stopped/reduced generation to the technical limit but the total generation capacity still exceeds the consumption demand, leading to the mandatory requirement to adjust and reduce the mobilized capacity from all types of power sources, including renewable energy sources (such as small hydropower, solar power, wind power) to ensure safe operation of the national power system.

Due to being proactive, during the 2024 Lunar New Year, power generation investors (including rooftop solar power) basically complied with the dispatch orders, thereby contributing to ensuring the safe operation of the national power system, without causing incidents and affecting power supply.

With the low load characteristics during the Tet holiday, the voltage of regional power systems and the 500 kV system increased, A0 and regional power system control centers coordinated the separation of some high-voltage and ultra-high-voltage lines from operation to ensure that the voltage of the entire system is within the allowable limit, meeting the requirements of safe operation.

PHAM DUY

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