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The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation approved the results of assessment of the readiness of subjects of the electric power industry to work during the heating season of 2018-2019. The corresponding order, signed by the head of the agency, Alexander Novak, has been published on the official website of the Ministry of Energy. The document confirms compliance of IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region (included in ROSSETI’s Group of Companies) with the requirements established by the rules for assessing readiness for the heating period and approved by the order of the Ministry of Energy of Russia.
IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region in full and in strict accordance with the established deadlines fulfilled all the planned activities to prepare for work during the cold season. Specialists of the companies repaired more than 52.5 thousand km of power lines of 0.4-110 kV and over 12.5 thousand transformer substations of 10/0.4 kV. They repaired 95 power transformers at substations of 35-110 kV. Over 27 thousand hectares of ROWs of overhead power lines were cleared from trees and shrubby vegetation.
Much attention in the run-up to the heating period was paid to training of personnel to deal with emergency situations associated with low temperatures. Branches of IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region together with branches of FGC UES, with participation of the Emergencies Ministry of Russia, city administrations, the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the System Operator conducted 20 exercises to work out the interaction during emergency response. In addition, the companies organized 87 emergency drills.
All branches of IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region entered into agreements on cooperation in failure prevention and response with local administrations and units of the Emergencies Ministry of Russia, airlines, territorial grid and contract organizations.
At present, 2,872 crews consisting of more than 13 thousand people and over 4.5 thousand automotive and specialized vehicles are ready for elimination of failures and emergency situations in IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region. They have at their disposal more than 1,700 backup sources of power supply with a total installed capacity of 56.16 MW, which can be used to temporarily supply power, primarily socially important regional facilities. The emergency stock of equipment is 100% complete. If necessary, resources of contractors may be involved in the work.
168 special crews of increased mobility were created of highly skilled workers, who received additional training, consisting of more than a thousand people and over 300 vehicles, intended for immediate movement of additional forces between the branches of the companies and participation in emergency recovery work in territories of other subsidiaries and affiliates of PJSC ROSSETI.
It is worth recalling that, despite the readiness of all subsidiaries of ROSSETI’s Group of Companies to work during the heating period, on behalf of the holding’s Director General Pavel Livinskiy, power engineers continue to conduct additional exercises and trainings in certain regions of Russia where there are increased risks of abnormal weather phenomena. Currently, exercises are held in 26 subjects.
The power engineers of IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region participate in exercises in the Tver region, where they work out principles of interaction during the period of elimination of mass outages at power grid facilities. In total, they involved about 780 crews consisting of more than 5,300 people and about 1,200 vehicles. The exercises will end on 22 December.
