OREANDA-NEWS. On 02 July 2008 was announced, that the solemn closing final stage of multi-skill crew for service of substations (SB) of 35-110 kV and maintenance service of devices of relay protection and automatics (RPA) of IDGC of Centre took place. The action passed on the basis of the Rostov Industrial Branch (RIB) of Yarenergo branch of IDGC of Centre.

The General Director of IDGC of Centre Evgeniy Makarov congratulated the teams upon completion of the competitions and awarded the winners with honorary letters, service medals and valuable presents. The Yarenergo team of IDGC of Centre branch occupied the first place; it was awarded the challenge cup of winners of professional skills, and main prizes. The crew for service of SB 35-110 kV was awarded the PKV/M7 high-voltage switches control device as a gift. The РЕТОМ-51 software measuring complex with operating device on the basis of notebook was handed over to the brigade for service of RPA devices. Each winner team was awarded TV sets as gifts.

Digital cameras were awarded to Kostroma members of the Kostromaenergo team of IDGC of Centre who occupied the second place. The music center was presented to the Smolenskenergo team of IDGC of Centre who occupied the third place.

“In the near future, IDGC of Centre will pay special attention to new forms of work, new industrial and technological processes in distributive networks. At present, we hold consultations of the leading world consulting companies, we are engaged in studying and introduction of the best practices in the world. Those teams which occupied medal places will realize they move right and give enough time to increase professional skills. Those who did not win prizes should think about the reasons. Let me say that those who received the challenge cup should seriously try that this award remained with them”,  Evgeniy Makarov said.

There was also an individual competition "The Best Judicial Brigade"," The Best Specialist For Operation And Repairs Of Substation Equipment", "The Best Electrical Engineer For Repairs Of Du", "The Best Engineer Of RPA", "The Best Electrical Engineer" were defined. The best judges of the competitions became Valery Rodionov and Sergey Shcherbakov - judges of stage No. 4 "Change of The Set Point Of Protection Of OL-10 kv - Type "Sirius-2ML". The best specialist for operation and repairs of SB equipment became Andrey Bykov, the specialist of the industrial site of the 1st group of Danilovsky site of the Yaroslavl industrial branch of Yarenergo branch of IDGC of Centre; the best electrical engineer for repairs of DU - Alexey Malov, the electrical engineer for repairs of the equipment of switching centres of the 5th category of substation service of the Yaroslavl industrial branch of IDGC of Centre - Yarenergo; the best engineer of RPA - Konstantin Grachev,  leading engineer of RPA of Uglich substaion group of Rostov PE of Yarenergo branch of IDGC of Centre; the best electric engineer of RPA- Victor Gotovtsev, electric engineer for RPA repairs of Smolenskenergo branch of IDGC of Centre.

Among honorary visitors of the solemn ceremony of closing was Deputy Governor of the Yaroslavl area Andrey Epaneshnikov, Chairman of the Yaroslavl Regional Duma Victor Rogotsky, Deputy General Director - Director For Technical Policy Sergey Shumakher, Acting Director of the Department for Fuel, Power and Regulation Of Tariffs of the Yaroslavl area Igor Sharoshihin, Deputy General Director of IDGC of Centre - Director of Yarenergo branch Igor Solonikov, representatives of Administration of the Rostov municipal area, heads of 11 branches of IDGC of Centre configuration and others.