100% of villages in Lai Chau have national grid electricity
Lai Chau - The locality has completed the supply of national grid electricity to 100% of villages and hamlets.
On July 16, Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee organized a conference to summarize the work of supplying national grid electricity to villages and hamlets and evaluate the results of implementing Resolution No. 09/2026/NQ-HĐND on supporting self-produced and self-consumed solar power systems and electrical equipment after the meter.
According to Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee, before the program was implemented, the locality still had 8 villages with 3,338 households without access to the national grid.
To complete the goal, the province has invested in 26 projects with a total budget of more than 394 billion VND, built 101km of new medium-voltage power lines, 90km of low-voltage power lines, renovated nearly 330km of power lines and built 66 transformer stations.
The projects have supplied electricity to 67 villages with 2,472 households, of which all 8 villages have never had grid electricity. To date, 100% of villages and hamlets in the province have used the national grid electricity.
The whole province has 105,740/107,003 households, equivalent to 98.8%, using grid electricity or self-produced and self-consumed solar power.
In parallel with expanding the power grid, the province also implements policies to support self-produced and self-consumed solar power.
After more than two months of implementation, 1,0062 households have been supported, of which 180 households have installed solar power systems and 882 households have been supported with electrical equipment after the meter.
To speed up progress, the Provincial Military Command has mobilized 189 officers and soldiers to participate in transporting materials and supporting construction in difficult areas.
Lai Chau Power Company also arranges human resources, counterpart capital and strengthens construction, contributing to completing projects on schedule.
Speaking at the conference, Lai Chau Provincial Party Secretary Le Minh Ngan assessed that the completion of national grid electricity supply to 100% of villages and hamlets is an important milestone, creating motivation for socio-economic development, improving the quality of life of people, especially in remote, isolated, and border areas.
The Provincial Party Secretary requested departments, branches and localities to continue to review electricity demand, improve the quality of electricity system operation, and ensure that people use electricity safely, stably and sustainably.
On this occasion, the Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 7 collectives and 13 individuals with outstanding achievements in the work of supplying national grid electricity and implementing policies to support solar power in the province.
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