The press-service of the Interregional Distribution Grid Company (IDGC) of Siberia branch — Altaienergo reports that the company has practically fulfilled its schedule of the rundown power transmission towers replacement.
It is worth mentioning that the works have been executed ahead of schedule. According to the plan 1787 defective wooden transmission towers of power transmission lines with the voltage of 0.4-10 kV were to be replaced in August, and in fact 1 836 new transmission towers were installed instead of the ones which had been in operation beyond the set time limit. Altogether since the start of the year the territory of the branch has seen the replacement of 5 625 transmission towers. The largest amount of works within the framework of the summer maintenance campaign has been executed by the North-Eastern and Central power grids where the planned amounts comprised 2400 and 1478 new transmission towers (reinforced concrete ones or based on reinforced concrete units) respectively. By the start of September the staff of these production associations replaced 1312 and 949 transmission towers respectively.
In total this year the target-oriented program presupposes the replacement of 8000 defective transmission towers in the subdivisions of the branch. The works are to be completed in October. The renovation of the grid complex is the guarantee of failure-free fall-winter peak demand.
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Метки: Altaienergo, electric grids, electricity, energy industry news 2011, IDGC of Siberia, power transmission line, power transmission tower, Russian energy industry news
