JSC “Moscow United Electric Grid Company” and Moscow City Department of All-Russian Social Organization “Business Russia” Sign Cooperation Agreement

On March 29, 2011 Moscow United Electric Grid Company and Moscow City department of the All-Russian Social organization “Business Russia” signed the agreement on the long-term cooperation.

The document was signed by Andrey Konovalov, JSC “MOESK” General Director and Alexander Levchenko LLC “Business Russia” Moscow City Council Chairman.

The agreement determined the cooperation on the set of important directions: study and implementation of the leading world experience of the services in the sphere of the electric power transmission and distribution; development of possibilities of Moscow entrepreneurs participation in the development, investments and services of the electric grids infrastructure; simplifying the procedure of the access to the electric grid infrastructure for the industrial, agricultural, construction organizations and population; increase of the customer orientation of the electric grid companies and consumers services quality; development of the internal services market in the sphere of the power productivity and power safety in Moscow; improvement of the legislative and regulatory base in the sphere of the electric power and technological connection; encouraging of the constructive dialogue of the business with the state, development of the institutes of the state and social support of the electric power, development of the private and state partnership; provision of the investment attractiveness and promotion of the investment projects; making and improving the institutes of the self-regulation in the sphere of the power sector; development of the unified general sphere standards and increase of the safety and reliability of the power supply.

JSC “MOESK” and LLC “Business Russia” are obliged to support and mutually realize the prepared programs, projects and activities.

Within the framework of the Agreement, they will develop the mechanism of information exchange and presentation of the coordinated data to the target groups and society through the mass media. They determine the creation of the new mutual working and expert groups, rendering of the mutual consultations, organizational, methodical and information support.

According to Andrey Konovalov, Moscow United Electric Grid Company, within the framework of the signed Agreement JSC “MOESK” directly and indirectly through the active leaders of the “Business Russia” will interact with the business representatives.

In its turn Alexander Levchenko, Chairman of the Council of LLC “Business Russia” Moscow City Department said that he was sure that the Agreement will help to carry out the important activities for the purposes of the wide informing of the population and business representatives on the topical issues of the electric power and technological connection to the electric grids.

Yelena Nikolayeva, Deputy Chairman of the All-Russian Social organization “Business Russia”, Chairman of the Committee of the Social Chamber of the RF on social issues and the issues of the demographic policy mentioned that Moscow United Electric Grid Company stage by stage realizes the strategy of the social responsible business, paying the meticulous attention to the problems of the Moscow region. The signed Agreement will help to fortify the achieved positions.

Earlier, on March 3, they carried out the signing of the Agreement on cooperation between JSC “IDGC Holding” with JSC “MOESK” as a part of it and “Business Russia” general social organization. This organization comprises the entrepreneurs of the Russian business and accounts for 68 regional departments and 40 regional unions.