In the socio-economic development strategy for ethnic minorities and mountainous areas, Quang Nam province always prioritizes bringing the national grid to 9 mountainous districts, especially villages, hamlets, etc., striving to realize the target of 99.8% of households using electricity by 2025.

100% of communes, wards, and towns supplied with national grid electricity

To achieve the set targets, Quang Nam province has mobilized all resources to invest in developing the power grid, especially in the 9 mountainous districts. In recent times, the province and the Electricity sector have mobilized capital sources, focusing on investing in upgrading and constructing many new power projects in the 9 mountainous districts (Dong Giang, Tay Giang, Nam Giang, Phuoc Son, Nam Tra My, Bac Tra My, Tien Phuoc, Hiep Duc, and Nong Son).

Quang Nam Power Company workers strive to bring electricity to mountainous district of Nam Giang.

Along with solutions to improve operational management, Quang Nam Power Company has also invested in and renovated the power grid in 9 mountainous districts; in 2022, the company invested in upgrading 34.94km of medium-voltage lines, 47.18km of low-voltage lines, 55 substations of 7MVA, with a total investment of more than VND 109 billion; at the same time, repairing the power grid with a total investment of more than VND 25 billion.

Notably, since the Phuoc Son 110kV and Nam Tra My 110kV substations were invested and energized in 2022, they have contributed to solving the problem of frequent power outages, ensuring stable power supply, and improving the quality of electricity for the districts of Hiep Duc, Phuoc Son, Nam Tra My and Bac Tra My.

Next, in 2023, the company invested in upgrading 19.21km of medium-voltage lines, 44.77km of low-voltage lines, and 40 substations/4.3 MVA, with a total investment of more than VND 45 billion; repairing the power grid with a total cost of more than VND 21 billion. From 2024 to 2025, the Electricity industry will continue to invest, upgrade, and expand the power grid in 9 mountainous districts, with a total investment of more than VND 133 billion. In addition, the Central Power Corporation is investing in 27.5km of 110kV lines, 2 110kV/65MVA substations, with a total capital of VND 205 billion  (Dong Giang and Tien Phuoc 110kV substations), expected to be completed in 2024.

Regarding investment in rural and mountainous power grids for households that have not yet been supplied with power, Director of the Department of Industry and Trade Le Vu Thuong said that recently, the Quang Nam Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board (the investor) has been implementing a project to supply power to rural areas from the national grid to households that have not yet been supplied with power, with a total investment of VND 497.8 billion, implementation period from 2019-2023, including two sub-projects; in which, the rural power supply sub-project from the national grid of Quang Nam province (using central budget capital, period 2019-2020) supplies power to 7,562 households in 171 villages of 71 communes in 8 mountainous districts, with a total investment of VND 356.8 billion (including central budget VND 303.3 billion, local budget VND 53.5 billion); and the Rural Power Supply Sub-project from the national grid in Quang Nam province in the period of 2018-2020 (using ODA capital funded by the EU) to supply power to 4,691 households in 98 villages of 44 communes in 8 mountainous districts, with a total investment of VND141 billion.

Up to now, all 18 districts, towns, and cities in the province are supplied with electricity; 241/241 communes, wards, and towns have access to electricity, accounting for 100%; 1,229 villages have electricity, accounting for 99.03%; 424,500 households have access to electricity, accounting for 99.37%. In the 9 mountainous districts, the Power Company is managing and operating 1,746km of medium-voltage lines, 1,251km of low-voltage lines, 973 substations/99.55MVA, 8 intermediate substations/53MVA, 1 110kV/25MVA substation supplying power to more than 81,000 customers.

Translator: Mạnh Hùng