General Director of IDGC of Centre - the managing organization of IDGC of Centre and Volga Region Igor Makovskiy had a working visit to the Kaluga region

General Director of IDGC of Centre - the managing organization of IDGC of Centre and Volga Region Igor Makovskiy had a working visit to the Kaluga branch of the company - Kalugaenergo. As part of his visits to regions of operation of IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region, the head of the company familiarized himself with the operation of the company’s power grid complex in the Kaluga region and its development prospects, met with the staff, and visited the major feeding centres of the region.

In the industrial park “Vorsino”, Igor Makovskiy visited the 220 kV substation “Constellation”, with the implementation of which at the end of the year the reliability of the power supply to the northern power node of the Kaluga region will significantly increase. Also, the commissioning of this substation will significantly expand the possibility for connection to the power grid of residents of the industrial park.

During the meeting with employees of the branch “Kalugaenergo”, Igor Makovskiy noted that the branch has all the capabilities to become a pilot in achieving the goals on digitalization set for the power grid complex. Within 3 years, all production and business processes in the branch will be digitized and brought to modern standards. The development of the branch will be conducted according to the innovation principle using modern technologies and taking into account the experience of other power systems. Of the current tasks, the head of the company noted that it is necessary to consolidate the existing results in financial and economic activities, concentrate on reducing losses in the branch’s grids and change the quality of operational and technological management.

Summing up, Igor Makovskiy noted that the priority of the operation of the electric grid complex is the indicators of reliability and quality of power supply to customers, and integrated automation and digitalization of the power grid will allow not only to respond to interruptions in a timely manner, but also to predict them.