JSC “MOESK” Takes Part in Ecological Action “Earth Hour”

Moscow United Electric Grid Company took part in international ecological action “Earth Hour”, which is held traditionally at the last Saturday of March. So, MOESK joined the public call-up to save electric power, take good care of nature, make an efficient use of its’ limited resources.

Action, actuated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), has been held since 2007. The last year 152 countries, over 6,9 ths. cities took part in it. Since it’s absolutely free-will action, people and organizations decide themselves, in which form to participate in it. Backlight of all kinds’ facilities is switched off most often.

This year, within the framework of the action, not only backlight of the buildings was switched off in Russia and in many other world countries, but they also carried out numerous arrangements – bike rides, fire shows, releases of backlight balloons, tea-parties by candlelight, ecological master classes, trivia games, lessons for pupils, competitions and festivals.

Electric vehicles of MOESK participated in the series of the arrangements, organized by the Department of Natural Resources Management and Environmental Protection and by the Department for Fuel and Energy Economy of Moscow Government. As of today the Company possesses of one of the biggest in the country park of the electric cars. As part of an eco-convoy, they drove along the capital city’s streets from the main entry in Filevskiy park to the observation platform at Vorobyev mountains.

Here the ecologically harmless, noiseless electrical vehicles of MOESK and of the capital city’s Department of Natural Resources Management and Environmental Protection, became objects of the visitors’ increased attention. Having manifested a civic position, they came there, in spite of the nature’s freak, in order to take part in the action’s arrangements, to see with their own eyes 60-minute switching off of backlight of the building of the Moscow State University, a big sport arena in Luzhniki, Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a spring-board at Vorobyev mountains, which are seen well from the observation platform.