2014 Annual report
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Results of Investment Program in 2010–2014

Results of Investment Program in 2010–2014
Reporting period 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
The effect from the introduction of techniques to reduce the investment costs (-30%) 11.09.2015
Electricity output of IDGC, million kW⋅h 42,990.76 43,239.29 40,687.17 39,715.02
Reduction of losses from the implementation of IDP (including the carryover effect of IDP implementation in previous years), million kW⋅h 4.71 5.0 7.97 3.29
Efficiency within the framework of IDP to supply to the grid,% 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01
Technological connection
streamlining grid connection processes
units 8,229 12,745 16,702 20,749 25,843
MW 157.7 237.9 449.6 340.0 493.8
RUB mln 668 884 1,412 955 882
including the electricity-generating equipment of up to 15 kW units 7,607 12,109 15,839 19,728 24,381
MW 62.3 113.7 154.9 198.9 257.2
RUB mln 04.07.2015 08.09.2015 13.04.2015 15.02.2015 22.01.2015
Opening of closed main substations SS 110 kV, units 1 3 4 4 2
SS 35 kV, units 4 2 5 0 1
Decrease/increase in losses in % (effect in ESEEIP Energy saving and energy efficiency increase program. Energy saving and energy efficiency increase program. from supply to the grid) 0.16 0.14 0.26 0.18
The share of equipment with excess service life, (%) 57.11 59.42 61.25 62.14 62.87
The level of depreciation of fixed assets,% 65.14 65.51 65.82 67.52 67.91
The number of accidents (total, overhead lines, substations) 11,758 11,684 13,336Growth in the number of accidents investigated in 2013 compared with 2012 is due to methodological reasons — the commissioning of a program complex “Accident Rate”, which allowed to improve the reliability of accident registration. 3,457 711 10,608 2,348 515
Reliability indicators — specific accident rate 12.68 11.79 13.06 9.65

In 2014, the Company started implementation of Techniques reducing investment costs by 30 percent vs 2012 applicable to investment programs (adjustments) of JSC IDGC of the North-West. In 2014, the Techniques helped reduce Company’s investment costs by 11.93%, against planned 7.5%. By 2017, it is planned to further reduce specific investment costs with a yield of 30% vs 2012 (in RUB per capacity (km, MVA)).

One of the main objectives of the Program of energy saving and energy efficiency (hereinafter — the Program) of the Company, launched in 2011, is to reduce electricity losses during transmission. Among other Program measures, investment projects in which the effect of reducing electricity losses is concomitant are also implemented. However, since its’ launch, the Program helped reduce losses from realization of investment projects on the whole in the Company by 20.97 million kW⋅h.

A more detailed analysis of the decrease/increase of electricity losses during transmission in grids is available in section “Reduction of Electricity Losses”.

For the past five years, the Company observed a steady increase in the number of executed contracts for grid connection, especially under contracts with “privileged” category of applicants, which is driven by the Company’s efforts to organize the process of grid connection.

In 2010-2014, in order to ensure the sustainable development of territories in the regions of operation as part of implementation of the investment program, the Company commissioned 26 previously closed 35-110 kV main substations.

Despite the fact that more than 70% of the investment program funds is annually directed on modernization and refitting, in recent years, there is an increase in the level of depreciation of fixed assets. However, the Company is developing and implementing measures aimed at maintaining the required level of reliability of the electric grid complex. This is primarily achieved by carrying out a full range of diagnostic procedures using modern instruments (thermal, gas chromatographs, and others) and methods, as well as defining the necessary amount of effect on the equipment. The analysis of the most typical causes of accidents and the formation of programs aimed at their elimination. Thus, the implementation of the programs on expansion and clearing of the overhead line routes from trees and shrubs reduced the number of outages due to branches and trees falling on wires in 2014 by more than 27%. Particular attention is given to equipping subdivisions with special tools and increasing the level of personnel training, which allows to increase the quality of maintenance work and reduce the time spent on liquidation of damages.

Improving the reliability of electricity supply to consumers in the reporting year became possible due to the successful execution of the maintenance and investment programs in 2014, effective analysis of technological failures, revealing their causes, as well as through coordinated actions of the personnel involved in emergency and recovery operations. Based on the received data, according to the analysis of technological failures, the production programs are adjusted, reallocation of resources is performed to eliminate the problematic elements of the power grid complex of JSC IDGC of the North-West.

At JSC IDGC of the North-West in the grids of 6 kV and above during the reporting period: