OREANDA-NEWS. February 23, 2016. Power engineers of the Belgorod branch of IDGC of Centre once again became winners of the All-Russian Contest "Engineer of the Year". A leading engineer of distribution networks Office Alexander Bilaschuk was awarded the honorary title of Professional Engineer of Russia according to "Professional Engineers". An engineer of category 2 Yulia Moiseenko was recognized as a prize winner of the contest according to "Engineering Art of the Young". Awarding of the winners was held on 17 and 18 February in the Hall of Fame of Engineering in Moscow.

Alexander Bilaschuk made a significant contribution to the reduction of the failure rate and undersupply of electricity in the grid of the branch. He is in charge of analysis of the amount and reasons for outages on 10/04 kV lines, implementation of programs for technical re-equipment, reconstruction and repair and maintenance activities, as well as putting modern equipment into operation.

Yulia Moiseenko, a graduate student in the specialty "Power plants and power systems", was directly involved in the creation of the Centre for Energy Efficiency, aiming at promoting the theme of energy saving among the population of the region. With her efforts a statistical analysis of electric energy consumption for utility needs of substations was carried out and a detailed multifactorial structured valuation method was offered. She is currently engaged in the implementation of energy management systems and preparing it for certification for compliance with the international standard ISO 50001: 2011.

The All-Russian Contest "Engineer of the Year" has been held since 2000. Its purpose is to attract public attention to the engineering profession and raise its status. The founders, in particular, are the Russian Union of Scientific and Engineering Organizations, the International Union of Scientific and Engineering Associations, the Academy of Engineering Sciences named after A.M. Prokhorov, etc. The contest is held in two versions: "Engineering Art of the Young" (for young professionals under 30) and "Professional Engineers" (for participants who have work experience in engineering positions for at least five years). Employees of the branch "Belgorodenergo" regularly took part in this prestigious contest and repeatedly became winners.