Tashi Nyima, a National Model Worker and skilled craftsman from the State Grid, is widely known as a “power doctor”. Having grown up from the primary level to become a key technical professional, he knows well that every operation he performs carries the expectations of thousands of households for reliable electricity supply. On the occasion of the 2026 Two Sessions, Tashi Nyima, as an NPC deputy, said in an interview that ensuring stable electricity supply to remote areas of Xizang remains his deepest concern.

“In 1993, I was assigned to the Najin Power Plant in Lhasa, where I started as an ordinary operator,” he recalled. From that time on, through daily equipment inspections, parameter recording and fault handling, Tashi Nyima developed a calm working style and solid technical expertise. A decade of perseverance further enabled him to master every detail of the power system.

“In 2004, when I was transferred to State Grid’s Lhasa Electric Power Company, the power grid in Xizang was still developing slowly, and technical challenges posed by high-altitude conditions had long constrained the reliability of power supply,” he said. Tashi Nyima added that in 2016 he led his team to successfully conduct the first 10-kilovolt live-line operation in high-altitude areas of Xizang, filling a technical gap in the autonomous region and pushing the maintenance and operation of the region’s power grid to a new level.

In 2023, Tashi Nyima was elected a deputy to the National People's Congress. The change in role broadened his perspective, prompting him to think about how to bring light to every stretch of land on the plateau. At the annual Two Sessions, he carefully prepares proposals focused on power development, with particular attention to electricity access in border areas and remote pastoral regions.

He has repeatedly conducted field research in high-altitude pastoral areas such as Ngari and Nagqu, discovering that some settlements still relied on outdated solar equipment, resulting in unstable power supply. In the past, power equipment had to be transported up the mountains by yaks. Today, with national policy and financial support, microgrid projects have been implemented locally with tangible results. The wind-solar-storage microgrid put into operation in 2022 in three villages of Tarma Township, Xainza County, Nagqu City, ensures stable electricity for 64 herder households. In Ciwu Garom[www1.1] Village, Marme Township, Gerze County, Ngari Prefecture, an independent solar-plus-storage microgrid has also been completed and put into operation, addressing shortcomings in the power grid of remote areas, enabling local consumption of renewable energy, and fully resolving the village’s power supply stability problem.

“Although the main power grid has now reached all 74 counties and districts in Xizang, vast pastoral areas still require microgrids as a supplementary solution,” he said. The proposal he put forward to promote the integrated development of the main power grid and microgrids has already been incorporated into local planning. At present, 12 microgrid photovoltaic power stations have been built in places such as Qamdo, Nagqu, and Ngari, providing basic electricity supply for remote settlements and fulfilling the commitment that “not a single household will be left without electricity”.

“From transporting photovoltaic panels on the backs of yaks to the operation of integrated wind-solar-storage microgrids, the original aspiration to serve the people has never changed.” Tashi Nyima is both a technical expert and a representative who speaks for the people. As the first person in Xizang to conduct live-line operations at high altitude, he once stood on land more than 4,000 meters above sea level, gazing at the winding transmission lines, the luminous link of the plateau’s “last mile”. He said, “I am a power worker, and I am also an NPC deputy. As long as I remain at my post, I will safeguard the power supply for every single household.”