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IDGC of Centre summed up the results of work in 2017 to reduce losses in electrical grids. At the end of the year, their level as a whole for the Company was 9.86%, which is 0.35% lower than the figures set in the business plan. Savings amounted to 209 million kWh or 505 million rubles. Compared to 2016, the losses in distribution grids of 6(10)-0.4 kV decreased by 0.92% (204 million kWh).
The achievement of this result was facilitated by the Program of Measures to Reduce Electricity Losses implemented by IDGC of Centre, which includes a set of organizational and technical measures.
The greatest 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. Last year, 135.3 million kWh of electricity, stolen by unscrupulous consumers, were included in the productive supply of the company’s electricity for a total of 357.5 million rubles.
Effective technical measures to reduce losses include redistribution of loads and disconnection of unloaded transformers in substations, installation of wire with a larger cross-section on overloaded power lines, and installation of self-supporting insulated wire on lines.
The funds, saved by IDGC of Centre as a result of the Program of Measures to Reduce Electricity Losses, are used as an additional source of financing for solving the priority production tasks facing the company.
