MOESK’s Eastern Electric Grids Celebrate Fifth Anniversary

On 27 February, the branch of JSC “MOESK” – the “Eastern Electric Grids” held celebrations dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the company.

The history of the branch started on 1 January 2008, when the teams of four grids: the Noginsk, Shatura, Kolomna and partly Eastern ones united to form a new enterprise.

Each of the grid branches is almost a century old. Creation of the Noginsk Grids starts in 1920, when an independent company – the Bogorodsk Cable and Transformer Division was established on the basis of high-voltage lines extending from the Bogorodsk Plant “Electroperedacha” on the initiative of G.M. Krzhyzhanovskiy, one of the authors of the electrification plan (GOELRO). It became the ancestor of the Noginsk Electric Grid District.

Completion of construction of a transit, which bridged the Shatura SDPS with the Kashira SDPS, by early 1930, and commissioning of Red’kino-Zaraysk and Zaraysk-Ryazan 115 kV OL marked the beginning of the history of the Kolomna Electric Grids with a center in Golutvin, at the Kolomna substation.

Foundation of the Shatura Electric Grids can be attributed to 1917, when the meeting of the Council of People’s Commissars decided to build a power plant at Shatura rich peat deposits.

Today the Eastern Electric Grids represent 12 electric grid districts (the Balashikha, Shchelkovo, Noginsk, Pavlov-Posad, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Shatura, Yegor’yevsk, Voskresensk, Kolomna, Ozery, Zaraysk and Lukhovitsy ones), 16,000 square kilometers of the attended territory, 174,000 household consumers, 14,000 corporate customers, 149 high-voltage substations, 15,000 km of overhead lines, 1,700 km of cable lines, 2,000 employees of the branch.

The special events were held in the premises of the Noginsk Regional Theater of Drama and Comedy. They were attended by the heads of the Noginsk and Kolomna municipal districts of the Moscow Area, city of Noginsk, representatives of the Executive Office of JSC “MOESK”, chairman of the Moscow Association Electric Power Industry Trade Union, managers of the Eastern Electric Grids; directors of the Company’s branches, former directors of the branches, veterans of production.

The brief report by Andrey Vologin, director of the EEG, was devoted to important milestones in the history of the company. He highlighted the ability of the team to ensure quality and reliability of electricity supply in the most difficult situations.

The significant role in development of the eastern Moscow Area, charity activities of the Company were topics of the welcoming speech by Vladimir Khvatov, head of Noginsk. He awarded diplomas to Oleg Danilkin, chief of the Noginsk EGD; Tat’yana Pismennaya, chairman of the EEG trade union committee; she received tickets to Alexander Serov’s concert as a gift to the team; and others were awarded. Vladimir Khvatov expressed appreciation in respect of the work of all members of the staff in the eastern branch.

Gennady Tikhonov, chairman of the Moscow Association Electric Power Industry Trade Union said words of welcome at the event. He noted the professionalism and experience of the Eastern power engineers and wished further production success.

Besides, the company was awarded the challenge cup as a winner of the annual Call for Improvement-related Proposals, which was announced in JSC “MOESK” in 2012, in the nomination “The Best Branch of the Company in the Field of Activity Advancements”. Presenting the award to Andrey Vologin, EEG director, Andrey Snitsky, director of information technology, strategy and business process wished the staff to continue holding the leading position.

The high professionalism of the staff, their willingness to perform any task were marked in welcoming speeches by Roman Voinov, director of the Central Electric Grids and Mikhail Ezhokin, director of the Southern Electric Grids.

Nadezhda Krenyova, deputy director for HR of JSC “MOESK” participated in the process of presenting the branch employees with the Company’s awards. She read the order by Petr Sinyutin, director general of JSC “MOESK”, which marked a major contribution of the branch employees to development and improvement of electric grid facilities and ensuring of reliable power supply for civil and industrial objects of the Moscow Area. The order contained various awards for 152 employees of the Eastern Electric Grids. They include Victor Kirsanov, deputy chief of the ATAS (automatic technical accounting system) Service, who was awarded a badge of honor “Deserved Employee of JSC “MOESK”; Sergey Kurtsov, main engineer of the Yegor’yevsk EGD, who was awarded a badge “Deserved Employee of JSC “MOESK”; Mikhail Zamalin, electrical fitter for overhead line repairs of the PL Service, who was awarded a badge of honor “Thank you for perfect work on behalf of the director general of JSC “MOESK”.

Flowers and gifts were presented to veterans, who have worked with the company for many years: Danilkin Leonid Nikolaevich, Kalganov Victor Alexandrovich, Vedmedenko Sergey Grigor’yevich, Shcherbakova Tamara Pavlovna and others.

A gala concert with participation of a dance group, bayan-players band “Tembr” and famous pop singer Vika Tsiganova were held at the end of the anniversary evening.