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IDGC of Centre - Tambovenergo division summed up the implementation of measures to reduce electricity losses in the first quarter of 2019. The actual level of losses for the quarter was 7.97% of the total electricity supply to the grid, which is 0.37% lower than the planned figure. The savings amounted to 2,974.3 thousand kWh.
A significant effect was given by raids to curb non-metered and non-contractual consumption. From January to March 2019 unscrupulous consumers paid for 3 acts of non-contractual consumption totalling about 314 thousand rubles and 60 acts of non-metered consumption included in the volume of electricity transmission in the amount of 18.3 million rubles (including for previous periods). The rest of the violators will be indebted forcibly, judicially, with the imposition on the perpetrators of all court costs.
The reduction of losses was also facilitated by replacement of metering devices that failed or were found unsuitable for billing. Other organizational and technical measures were carried out too. Including - replacement of overloaded and underloaded transformers, replacement of wires for a larger cross-section with overloaded power lines and uninsulated wire with self-supporting insulated wire in places of greatest power losses. Also, transformers were disconnected at low load conditions at substations with two transformers, transformers with seasonal load and phase load equalization in distribution grids of 0.38 kV.
“The effective implementation by Tambovenergo of the measures to reduce losses contributes to improving the efficiency of the electric grid complex, the quality and reliability of electricity supply to consumers in the Tambov region. The funds saved as a result of their implementation are used by the company, among other things, to develop the region’s power grid infrastructure,” notes stressed Deputy General Director of IDGC of Centre - Tambovenergo division director Nikolay Bogomolov.
