EVN’s electricity production rises 10.5 percent in five months
The State-run Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group produced 74.42 billion kWh of electricity in the first five months of 2018, an increase of 10.5 percent from a year earlier.
Hanoi (VNA) – The State-run Electricity ofVietnam (EVN) Group produced 74.42 billion kWh of electricity in the first fivemonths of 2018, an increase of 10.5 percent from a year earlier.
Electricity losses in the January-May period wereestimated at 6.2 percent, one percent lower than the target of 7.2 percent.
In May alone, the group generated 16.02 billion kWh ofelectricity, up 10.06 percent year on year, and ensured a stable supply ofpower as the summer came.
The group’s electricity output from domestic productionand import reached 19.59 billion kWh of electricity in May.
The EVN has submitted to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuca plan to restructure its subsidiaries and reported to the Ministry of Industryand Trade a revised plan on electricity supply by 2030 and a project toseparate wholesale and retailing distribution in the group’s powercorporations. It also directed the power corporations to review electricityprices for tenants.
According to the EVN, the second quarter is the peak ofthe dry season and also the most challenging time of the year for the group tomaintain power supply for the country.
In the coming months, the group plans to ensure sufficientpower supply for the national high school examination in late June as well assafety of hydro-electricity dams and plants as well as the lowland areas duringthis year’s rainy season.-VNA
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Illustrative photo (Photo: VNA) 
