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IDGC of Centre - Kostromaenergo division summed up the results of production activities for 4 months of 2018. During this period, the company exceeded the plan for a number of key indicators. The volume of net electricity supply was 862.741 million kWh, which is 3% higher than the parameters of the business plan. Revenues from electricity transmission services were 1.833 billion rubles and also exceeded the targets by 11.9 million rubles.
The level of losses in grids is 12.96%, which is 0.96% lower than in the same period of last year (in comparable conditions) and 0.59% below the target. Savings reached 5.8 million kWh. The achievement of this result was facilitated by organizational and technical measures implemented by Kostromaenergo to reduce electricity losses.
A significant effect is brought by raids to identify non-metered power consumption, conducted by personnel of Distribution Zones and electricity metering offices of the company’s branches, including in conjunction with specialists of the security unit. In January-April, 4.3 million kWh of electricity, stolen by unscrupulous consumers, were included in the net electricity supply of the branch.
Effective technical measures to reduce losses include installation of seals with indication of the magnetic effect on commercial metering devices, installation of commercial metering devices in remote cabinets at the boundary of the balance participation, redistribution of loads and disconnection of unloaded transformers at substations, installation of self-supporting insulated wire. The funds saved by Kostromaenergo as a result of measures aimed at reducing energy losses are used as an additional source of financing to address the priority tasks facing the branch.
