At once, two specialists of the branch “Rosseti Centre Kurskenergo” - the chief of Medvensky Distribution Zone Andrey Ovchinnikov and the chief of Bolshesoldatsky Distribution Zone Eduard Dmitriev entered the “golden hundred” following the results of the first ever competition “Energy Leaders”. The best power engineers of the country were honoured in Chelyabinsk at the “Tractor” Sports Palace.
The competition consisted of two stages. At the first stage, Kurskenergo’s power engineers, along with more than 1,800 chief engineers of production departments and chiefs of Distribution Zones of the company, performed special test tasks online for a month.
At the second practical stage, Andrey Ovchinnikov and Eduard Dmitriev, together with 440 specialists from electric grid companies that successfully passed the selection, completed tasks in which they reflected their vision in solving problems relevant to the industry. Their work was evaluated by experts, including representatives of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation and heads of enterprises of Rosseti’s Group.
The finals of the “Energy Leaders” contest was a key event of the All-Russian Congress of Power Engineers.