Recent continuous rainfall has made it difficult for farmers to sun-dry their autumn grain. Combined with the peak harvest season, the demand for grain drying has surged. To ensure reliable electricity for drying equipment, the State Grid Anyang Power Supply Company promptly launched a special campaign titled “Guaranteeing Grain Drying, Supporting a Good Harvest.” The company has developed a system for risk inspection, green installation, and proactive service, ensuring that more than 180 grain dryers across Anyang operate continuously without power interruption, with a daily drying capacity exceeding 15,300 tons of autumn grain.

“The continuous rainy weather has greatly affected corn harvesting. Our drying warehouse can maintain a stable temperature of 130°C, thanks to your company’s reliable power supply,” said the head of the grain drying center at Zhengchuan Planting Cooperative in Songcun Township, Neihuang County, on October 13, as the roar of the drying tower filled the air while power company employee Hao Qinglin inspected the equipment.

During the autumn harvest season, the company organized over 30 power service teams to provide customized “one enterprise, one plan” electricity inspections for 108 temporary grain drying centers and 43 agricultural machinery cooperatives. Key checks focused on transformer loads, insulation of drying equipment wiring, and distribution cabinet connections. In total, 36 safety hazards such as aging cables and loose switches were identified and rectified on site, and 18 damaged components were replaced.

To meet the urgent and specialized electricity needs of the harvest drying process, the company opened a “green channel” for simplified installation procedures, allowing farmers to start the application process with only proof of identity. A dedicated service team proactively contacted agricultural cooperatives to collect documents and design power supply plans, shortening approval time to just two working days and enabling “same-day application, next-day connection” in some cases.

The company also established a dual-response system combining “online service groups and offline grid staff.” Online, it provides real-time answers to electricity safety questions and updates on application progress; offline, 1,820 “Heart-to-Heart” service cards have been distributed, and grid staff conduct weekly visits to drying sites to check equipment operation, detect potential issues in advance, and understand electricity demand. The system ensures that power failures receive a response within 15 minutes and are resolved within two hours. (By Guo Dong and Shi Haoyan; Photos by Wang Yafang)