High voltage power grid system in Vietnam will reach the N-1 criterion by 2020

High voltage power grid system in Vietnam will reach the N-1 criterion by
2020

One of the targets on production, business and investment development plans
of Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) up to 2020 is to reach the N-1 criterion for
power grids of high voltages from 110 kV up by 2020.

Accordingly to the resolution of EVN leadership, the production, business
and investment plans of EVN in 2016 - 2020 period have to meet it's
integrating and developing goal and guarantee a harmonious combination
between investment development in width and depth to create more new ability
and improve quality and efficiency of production and business with profit
goal of the enterprise, and assigned duty to provide the public services.

EVN continues to promote the restructuring, improve business management
ability, apply scientific and technological advances to raise labor
productivity and activity efficiency for it to become a strong economic
group which plays the leading role in the electricity industry, and
contribute to the cause of socio-economic development and national defense
security of the country in 2016 -2020 period.

It is necessary for EVN to: i) periodically calculate supply - demand of the
whole country and each area to propose measures and mechanisms for ensuring
electricity supply ii) operate safely, stably and efficiently the national
power system in market condition iii) put the new power plants into
operation on schedule and guarantee availability and efficiency of the power
plants iv) proactively ensure fuel supply, especially coal supply v)
finalize and consolidate the own telecommunication, information and
technology systems to meet the requirements for production and business
management and operation, and good service to operate the power market vi)
concentrate to steer implementing the projects of the power plants and
transmission grids specified in Power Development Planning VII (adjusted
project) with the guaranteed quality and schedule vii) proactively check the
power development planning of the cities and provinces to have suitable
corrections with real ability viii) closely link construction investment
plans with electricity supply plans, ensure synchronism in developing the
projects of power plants and power transmission grids, and projects of
transmission grids and distribution grids; and strictly control over costs
in all the investment phases.

Some of the key concrete targets of EVN to 2020:

Ensuring the average electricity growth rate of 10.3 - 11.3% per year.

Decreasing electricity losses rate to below 6.5%.

Increasing electricity supply reliability by promoting investment for power
grids to achieve the criterion of N-1 for high voltage grids from 110 kV up,
and decreasing average electricity supply interruption duration index
(SAIDI) to below 400 minutes for a customer a year.

Mobilize sufficient capital to meet investment needs in 2016 - 2020 period

Finalizing the Rural Electrification Program for mountainous and island
areas in 2013 - 2020 period.

Increasing the average labor productivity by 8 - 10% and achieving the
criterion of 2.5 million kWh of sale electricity per staff.

EVN and its enterprise members deal profitably, carry out sufficiently
duties for state, ensure to get the norms on appraising efficiency of
business performance.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com