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IDGC of Centre summed up the results of work in 2018 to reduce losses in electrical grids. At the end of the year, their level in the whole of the Company amounted to 10.59%, which is 0.43% lower than the figures set in the business plan. The savings amounted to 232.6 million kWh or 606.6 million rubles.
The achievement of this result was facilitated by IDGC of Centre’s Program of measures to reduce electric energy losses, which includes a set of organizational and technical measures.
The greatest effect is brought by raids on identification of non-metered electricity consumption, conducted by personnel of Distribution Zones and electricity metering departments of the company’s branches, including in cooperation with specialists of the security unit. According to the results of this work in 2018, 74.4 million kWh of electricity stolen by unscrupulous consumers in the total amount of 207 million rubles were included in the productive supply.
Among the effective technical measures to reduce losses are the redistribution of loads and the disconnection of unloaded transformers at substations, the installation of larger cross-section wire on overloaded power lines, and the installation of self-supporting insulated wire on lines.
The funds saved by IDGC of Centre as a result of the implementation of the Program of measures to reduce electric energy losses are used as an additional source of funding for solving the priority production tasks that the company faces.
