PCBD: In a bid to stabilize production and operation of enterprises

In the face of current industrial and urban growth, the provincial authority concerns for stable power supply for production and business operation. Power Corporation of Binh Duong (PCBD) has contributed to abolish such worry.Responding to our interview, Mr. Nguyen Trung Thu, Deputy Director of PCBD informed that the year 2011 is full of challenges to economy due to interest rate hike and price fluctuation. Notwithstanding, PCBD has accomplished plans assigned by EVN Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC) to have sold out 5.102 billion kWh or 7.83% higher than 2010. Of the power supplied, 80.01% is for industrial activities while the average price is at VND 1,198.47 per kWh. In 2011, PCBD earns over VND 6 billion with 19,245 electrometers installed, 676 wire construction and transformers constructed to supply trough power lines of 86 km of medium voltage and 25 km of low voltage at totally 386MVA of capacity.PCBD also is committed to communication and education of energy efficiency. As a result, people in the whole province have saved up to 79.5 million kWh in 2011, facilitaing PCBD to pay over VND 48.418 billion to State budget.PCBD is developing power supplying grid to rural areas, covering 100% of localities and 509,503 households out of 513,609 ones. So as to increase quantity of households using power grid, Mr. Nguyen Trung Thu confirmed facility upgrading plans under investment project of EVN SPC constructing 97 voltage transforming stations in rural areas to supply totally 15,287.5 kVA at the cost of VND 54.5 billion. It is expected that the project would start supplying power by 2013.In a bid for constant improvement of power supply, PCBD has exploited inter-connected circuits to minimize time and range of power black-out in case of accidents. Besides, customers are informed 7 days in advance about power cut. For the year of 2011, PCBD checked up and improved 5,000 transforming stations and 3,000 km of power lines to ensure production, business operation, and people’s daily life.Reported by Minh Duy - Kim Ha – Translated by Vi Bao By emulation programs, collectives and individuals of PCBD are praised