Reservoir shortage prompts electricity firm to buy power

Hanoi “thirsty” for electricity without transmission lines

Electricity price to increase by 6.8 percent

The company also asked advertising companies to reduce the numbers of lamps on big billboards and to turn off all lamps after 10pm, otherwise the power will be cut.

Large energy users, including factories and offices, are asked to reduce power usage during this time. From April to June, the Hanoi Power Company will not sell additional power to big customers.

According to the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN), demand will increase in the coming dry season and water levels in the northern region’s reservoirs are lower than normal. The shortage of water, estimated at 2.6 billion cubic metre, will create a loss of 327 kWh in electricity production.

PV