Son La Hydropower Plant opens spillways in the rainy season in 2017 - Photo: Dac Cuong
Also in the first nine months of 2017, Son La Hydropower Company paid VND 2,039 billion to the state budget; of which VND 1,017 billion paid to Son La province, VND 135 billion to Dien Bien province, VND 654.8 billion to Lai Chau province and VND 232.2 billion paid as the forest development service fee.
The company had managed and operated Son La and Lai Chau hydropower plants safely, uninterruptedly, efficiently and maximally exploiting water resources. Mr. Hoang Trong Nam - Director of Son La Hydropower Company said: Right from the beginning of 2017, the company had actively planned and implemented repair, maintenance, testing and adjustment of equipment systems of the two power plants, therefore, the power units operated safely, uninterruptedly and efficiently in the rainy season.
The total discharged volume of both reservoirs in the rainy season of 2017 was 9.1 billion m3, of which 4.5 million m3 discharged from Son La reservoir, 4.6 billion m3 discharged from Lai Chau reservoir. The hydropower plants strictly complied with the inter – reservoir operation procedure, well performing the flood control function for the downstream of Red River and securing safety for the people and their properties downstream of the reservoirs.