Jing County, Jiangxi Province 6.6 Earthquake: More than half of power users have resumed power supply

At 7:45 on July 22nd, a 6.6-magnitude earthquake occurred at the border of Ganxian and Ganxian in Dingxi City, Gansu Province. The focal depth was 20 kilometers. The earthquake did not affect the main grid of Gansu Power Grid. A 15,000-volt line switch tripped at 35 kV Shendu Substation. The 35 kV Zhongzhai Substation No. 1 main transformer switch tripped and a 10 kV line tripped. Some of the power lines in Qixian and Jixian fell down. The disaster caused a total of 190 power distribution stations to change, and 14066 users were out of power. After emergency repairs, as of 12:00 on July 22, the distribution board has recovered 105 units, and 9240 households have resumed power supply, which accounted for more than half of the total number of power outages.

After the earthquake, the State Grid Gansu Electric Power Company attached great importance to the earthquake disaster, immediately launched an emergency plan, held a special meeting, set up an emergency command organization, and repaired the team on the spot, and quickly arranged related personnel to carry out earthquake relief work. As of 14:00 on July 22, a total of 151 electric power personnel were repaired, 10 generators and one generator car. It is understood that the current power emergency rescue mainly involves two tasks. First, the affected equipment is repaired and power supply is resumed as soon as possible. The second is the protection of on-site power supply for the site, medical site, and resettlement sites for victims.