Earth Hour is a global campaign launched by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to raise the community’s awareness of use electricity safely - economically – efficiently, contributing to environmental protection to fight against global climate changes. On this occasion, Binh Duong Newspaper reporters interviewed Le Minh Quoc Viet, Deputy Director of Binh Duong Electricity.
Youth Union members propagated electricity saving
- How do you think about power-saving programs in the province in recent years as well as existing limitations?
- Power-saving programs have received much attention from provincial leadership, agencies, Southern General Electric Company and especially, active responses and participation of customers using electricity.
As a result, annual power savings increased. Specifically, power saving in 2013 achieved 210 million kWh, in 2014 increased by nearly 222 million kWh, in 2015 increased by about 254 million kWh. However, in order for power-saving actions to really go deep into each citizen’s consciousness and become a habit, we need time and many investments. Besides, there must be a coordination between all levels, departments, social organizations to communicate the use of energy-saving products with high performance, and also price subsidies, preferential policies of the government and providers, when customers choose environmentally friendly products.
- Sir, what is the theme of Earth Hour 2016? In response to this year's Earth Hour, Binh Duong Electricity Company has prepared which activities?
- In 2016, Earth Hour will take place from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm on Mar 19th 2016 with the message "Small act - Big meaning". The campaign wants to tell everybody that with just small actions, like: turning off electrical appliances when not in use, saving water, planting a row of trees will bring a great meaning to the community, forming energy-saving habits for environmental protection throughout the year.
Implementing the guidelines of PPC, Southern General Electric Company’s direction, Binh Duong Electricity Company actively set up an implementation plan in the hope of contributing positively to the overall success of the campaign. In addition to communication for the campaign among the company’s employees and their family, all people class have been encouraged to participate in the campaign. Binh Duong Electricity Company cooperated with agencies, sectors, unions to organize propaganda activities, such as: Hanging banners in public places; propaganda on mass media; delivering handbooks instructing use electricity safely - economically – efficiently; coordinate with provincial Youth Union to carry out propaganda activities…
- Which are measures of Binh Duong Electricity Company to enhance power-saving activities in the near future? In addition, the power sector will make which recommendations to the people, sir?
- The electricity sector identified our key task of power-saving propaganda, that is raising people’s awareness to transform awareness to actions, then forming habits of people. Therefore, Binh Duong Electricity Company will continue to implement communication solutions to customers and citizens; closely link and coordinate with organizations to disseminate information, increase the efficiency of power- saving socialization.
We also coordinated and asked equipment suppliers to support the product information provision, a part of costs for switching to energy-saving products with high performance (LED, labeling devices, devices using renewable energy ...), especially supports for enterprises. Besides, we have expanded communication in schools, deployed power-saving projects, like: the project of solar hot water on an industrial scale according to ESCO- Energy Services Company’s model.
Each power-saving action mainly comes from awareness of electricity users. The electricity sector in general and Binh Duong Electricity Company in particular hope that events, media programs, organizations would encourage all organizations, individuals, customers to join hands to use electricity safely - economically – efficiently for the benefit of themselves, their families, community and nation.
We will constantly improve the quality of customer services, technology innovation to meet better the needs of customers using electricity.
- Thank you!
Reported by Thien Ly – Translated by Ngoc Huynh
