In 2011 the amount of purchases Lipetskenergo was more than 3.4 billion rubles

In 2011, in accordance with the annual comprehensive procurement program IDGC of Centre — Lipetskenergo division purchased 1140 pieces of equipment for the main activity for the amount of more than 3.4 billion rubles.

The major share (95%) in the amount of technical procurement of the branch was Russia made equipment, which is equivalent to best foreign analogues and meets modern requirements in terms of efficiency, environmental friendliness and safety.

Among such equipment — self-supporting insulated wire and cable lines with XLPE insulation; wooden poles, treated with new technologies; multi-faceted poles for 6-20 kV distribution networks, sectionalizing switches — reclosers, vacuum and gas-insulated circuit breakers from Russian manufacturers. They include: OJSC «Energomash», OJSC «Electric power», LLC «Tavrida Electric Black Soil Region», OJSC «Group of Companies Electrical Cabinet -TM Samara»; OJSC «Altai transformer plant»; LLC «Trade House Ukrelektroapparat»; OJSC «Plant inverter»; OJSC «SVEL Group»; LLC «PKF Automation»; OJSC «Electromechanical plant».

Preferential selection of domestic producers is to follow the state course for the energy security of the country, involving the minimization of dependence of power industry on the import of strategically important products.

«Technical retrofitting is a prerequisite for the development of the energy complex and provision of quality and reliability of power supply to consumers, so the main selection criteria of energy equipment are its reliability and safety. The equipment that comes to Lipetskenergo meets all requirements of the technical policy of IDGC of Centre», — stressed Deputy Director for Technical Issues — Chief Engineer of Lipetskenergo Alexander Kornilov.