OREANDA-NEWS. On November 06, 2007 JSC “IDGC of the Centre” received its Winter Operability Certificate for work during the autumn-winter period 2007-2008, reported the press-centre of JSC “IDGC of the Centre”.

The Operability Certificate awarded following an inspection by the Committee, appointed by JSC RAO “UES of Russia” and JSC “FGC of  UES” regulatory bodies, on the basis of the “Provisions for Evaluating Operability of  power- and Heat providing companies for operation the  autumn-Winter period”. The inspection of  JSC “IDGC of the Centre” was carried out from October 31 till November and stated that the main and additional requirements for the company’s operability to the work during the autumn-winter period were timely and completely fulfilled.

Giving the Operability Certificate to the JSC “IDGC of the Centre” Director General, the Head of the Committee, the Deputy Director of the JSC “FGC of  UES” Technical Audit Department, Vasily Gigin stated: “The Committee highly evaluated the JSC “IDGC of the Centre”  operability and the certificate, signed November 2, 2007, is under number 1. The company has always been in the heading position and is the first to get its Operability Certificate.

A system of complex repair works was installed in the JSC “Centre IDGC”. It resulted in an improved quality and material, and technical saving resources. The system is being implemented everywhere in   JSC “Centre IDGC” companies.

Some force-major events, that allowed to evaluate the company’s operability, are marked to have happened on the territory of JSC “IDGC of the Centre”  this year.

The territory of JSC“Smolenskenergo”  was also badly hit by the elements of nature. It The power engineers coped with the situation. The high efficiency of emergency management and repairs was marked.

“This and previous years the Operability Certificate  was given without any mark or provision, without activity that should be carried out, - said  JSC “IDGC of the Centre” Director General, Evgeny Makarov. – We understand that the certificate is just an advance, this winter will put us to the real test, and only its outcome shall be able to confirm that the company has well prepared or not. The JSC “IDGC of the Centre” and subordinate companies made efforts to prepare for the winter”.

All regional grid companies of the JSC “IDGC of the Centre” have thoroughly prepared for the coming autumn-winter period. The repair works of the energy equipment  were completed in 264 35-110 kW transformation substations, 4 551,6 kms of 35-110 kW lines(104,9 % of the plan), 12 813,4 kms of 0,4-10 kW lines (105,2 % of the plan).

The total cost of repair works in the DGCs during 9 months of the current year is estimated at 851,5 million roubles, including 110,7 million roubles for  the repair of 35-110 kW power network lines, 150,6 million roubles for the repair of 35-110 kW substation equipment, 366,2 million roubles for the repair of 0,5-20 kW power networks.

Special attention was paid to clearing air line routes    (AL). The reason for a sweeping clearing operation of the AL was an increasing number of cases of lines pulled down by falling trees and on the short-circuiting scrub. The clearance plan of the AL  routes was overfulfiled   by 12,7% The total amount of cleared routes is 9 082,2 ha (112,7%  of the plan). The total cost is estimated at 102.2 million roubles (101,6% of the plan).

The emergency reserve (ER) is under special control. Those material and equipment categories can be damaged by the elements of nature (all class voltage supports, wire, armature, isolation, power transformers) are being marked to the centre ER. The tasks that should be solved by the specialists are to control the ER replenishment according to the norms, determine the placement, coordinate and respond accordingly to emergency situations.

The company pays attention to health and safety issues at work. The cost for health and safety in 2007 in comparison with 2006 has increased by 18% and is estimated at 242,4 million roubles. The total number of industrial injures has decreased by 2,1 times.

A customer-focused service is one of the companys priorities. 24 customer service centres have  been opened in the regions, one multi-channel phone, where the customer can call free from any region, is available. A remote customer service has been made available through the internet and e-mail. These communication channels allow to deal swiftly with the problems  of power supply to the consumers during autumn-winter operation.