By the Order of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin from 30 March to 5 April, a non-working week was announced to prevent the spread of viral infection in the country. In all branches of the electric grid companies “Rosseti Centre” and “Rosseti Centre and Volga Region”, from 12:00 pm on 28 March 2020 to 06:00 am on 6 April 2020, the mode of technological “silence” was introduced. The duty of dispatch and technical services, employees of operating and repair crews, duty workers at substations of branches and managers was organized.
On 27 March, Pavel Livinskiy, Director General of PJSC Rosseti, in his address to the team emphasized that for Rosseti’s Group, the health of employees, their relatives and friends, was always and remains a priority. At present, in accordance with the unified requirements for the execution of a number of administrative documents of PJSC Rosseti on measures to ensure the safety of personnel, the health status control of employees who remain on duty to ensure reliable power supply to the regions has been strengthened.
In order to reduce the risks of disconnecting consumers, all types of work on the existing equipment of electric grid facilities have been suspended these days. Only emergency repairs will be carried out, for which highly passable vehicles, tools, materials and personal protective equipment have been prepared.
For the prompt elimination of technological violations, in the event of their occurrence, the work of the energy systems of 20 regions in the service area of Rosseti Centre and Rosseti Centre and Volga Region is guided by operational communication regulations and procedures for interaction with services of the Ministry of Emergencies, territorial divisions of Rostekhnadzor, executive authorities and local self-government , operating companies of Rosseti’s Group of Companies, and other territorial power grid organizations.
If necessary, 1,388 crews of 4,325 people, 1,648 automotive and specialized vehicles, as well as resources of contractors, can be involved in eliminating technological violations in all branches of the energy companies. Also, at their disposal there are backup power supply sources, which can be used to temporarily supply power, primarily to socially significant facilities in the regions.
In anticipation of the non-working week, all branches of Rosseti Centre and Rosseti Centre and Volga Region tightened control over the operation of power equipment. Specialists of both energy companies checked the technical condition of the equipment and emergency control equipment, the presence of an emergency stock of materials, the availability of backup sources of the power supply system. Additional measures were taken to enhance fire safety, the fire status of industrial and domestic premises, auxiliary and household buildings and structures, mobile repair shops and crew vehicles was checked.
The Contact Centre of the energy companies is ready to receive calls from citizens via the single toll-free number around the clock at 8-800-50-50-115.
In addition, consumers of Rosseti Centre can send messages about outages by phone +7 (915)-38-000-38 in Viber, and consumers of Rosseti Centre and Volga Region by phone +7 (920) 05-05-777 in WhatsApp and Viber.
You can also contact the portal of PJSC Rosseti “Light Country” at светлаястрана.рф.