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Specialists of IDGC of Centre - Lipetskenergo division have begun installation of unique equipment that has no analogues in the power grid complex of the Central Federal District at 10/0.4 kV package transformer substations. The automated system for control and metering of electricity (AMR) will be installed in Chaplyginsky and Gryazinsky districts - the power engineers will install a total of more than a thousand cabinets with controllers and metering devices. The work is carried out by 32 crews of the Lipetsk branch of IDGC of Centre. As expected, they will be completed within one and a half months.
The new AMR will allow the power engineers to monitor the technical condition of the power grid and the power consumption online. In the event of a technological violation, the dispatcher will be able to see at his automated workplace at what particular section the fault occurred. According to experts, the time for its elimination will be tripled. In addition, thanks to the new system, Lipetskenergo’s specialists will be able to quickly determine the source of electrical energy losses and prevent its theft. This is extremely important, since energy consumption is one of the causes of power surges in the grid. Thus, the implementation of the “smart system” will improve the reliability and quality of power supply to consumers of the Lipetsk region.
The new equipment installation is carried out within the framework of the second stage of Lipetskenergo’s exercises for loss prevention. During the first stage, which took place in January and February of the current year, a check of the power grid complex was conducted in the two mentioned districts. The power engineers examined about 1,300 overhead lines of 0.4–10 kV, identified and fixed defects, and eliminated some of the sources of losses. As the specialists of the branch estimated, according to the results of the exercises, the volume of electricity losses in the grids will decrease by 10%, which will improve the reliability and quality of power supply to consumers in the Lipetsk region.
