Old Circuit Breakers and Dim Lighting... Leave It All to Gyeongnam Province!

Electric Facility Improvement Project for Low-Income Households Targets 2,274 Families This Year

Gyeongnam Province will carry out the electricity facility improvement project for low-income households this year as well, targeting 2,274 households.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Gyeongsangnam-do is carrying out the ‘2022 Low-Income Household Electrical Facility Improvement Project,’ which involves replacing old circuit breakers, lighting fixtures, and outlets.

Gyeongnam Province, together with city and county offices and the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters, inspects electrical facilities for vulnerable groups such as basic livelihood security recipients and small-scale welfare facilities like group homes for the disabled.

Last year, electrical facilities in 2,143 households were safely inspected and repaired or replaced, and this year, with a budget of 750 million KRW, the plan is to improve facilities in 2,274 households including owner-occupied houses, rented houses, and leasehold houses.

The Low-Income Household Electrical Facility Improvement Project has been promoted as a provincial project since 1998 and has been conducted as a commissioned project in partnership with the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters since 2020.

Once the city and county offices confirm the eligible households, the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation conducts preliminary safety inspections and selects contractors through the Electrical Construction Association to carry out the project.

The Corporation, as a specialized institution for preventing electrical disasters, directly conducts preliminary safety diagnoses and post-completion inspections, and provides guidance on electrical safety usage, including facility improvements, checking the operation of circuit breakers, and pre-cutting of distribution box switches in case of disasters such as flooding.

Gyeongnam Province plans to strengthen the cooperative system with city and county offices and the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation and actively promote the project through city and county websites and eup/myeon/dong administrative welfare centers.

Park Sooncheol, Director of the Energy Industry Division, said, “We will continuously promote energy welfare policies that enable vulnerable residents to live more safely by inspecting electrical facilities and improving old facilities.”

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