OREANDA-NEWS. Dispatcher of Serovsk power station was reported that truck driver had hit 4 power transmission line supports of 10 kW in Pervomaisky village. Hydraulic arm which was raised by a driver for the purpose of loading and unloading of wood hooked power transmission lines and caused great damage to power transmission line supports № 12-15 amid which one was of anchor type. In the result residents of villages Pervomaisky and Borovoe of Sosvinsk urban districts were left without electricity.

Identity of truck driver who outraged the rules of fenced-off area of overhead transmission line is proved. He appeared to be a resident of Commonwealth of Independent States who came to work in Russia. The act on this case will be filed to law-enforcement agencies.

Salvage works in Pervomaisky village are maintained on the faulted power transmission line.

Note: Sverdlovenergo Public Company handles electric power transportation over the whole territory of Sverdlovskaya region. The overall service area is about 194,3 thousands sq. km. Company provides electric power for 4,5 million people. Sverdlovenergo includes 8 branches - electric network companies: Artemovskiy, Serovskiy, Zapadniy, Vostochniy, Nizhnetagilskiy and Talitzkiy electric networks, Uchebniy Combinat (Educational center) and asset management company. On April 1, 2005 Sverdlovenergo Public Company became a member of “Multiregion Distributive Network Public Company of Ural and Volga”.

The “Multiregion Distributive Network Public Company of Ural and Volga” was created under the reforming policy of Russian energetic system by decision of singular founder (the Order of RAO “Unified Energy System of Russia” on February 24, 2005) and registered on February 28, 2005, Yekaterinburg.

“Multiregion Distributive Network Public Company of Ural and Volga” guides 15 distributive network companies in the range of unified power systems of Ural and Volga. Company works to increase the functioning efficiency and develop electro-network complex of the region.