On November 21, 2001, a presentation was held in AO MOSENERGO on: “Energy Saving Equipment Manufactured in Saratov Region and Used in Moscow.” The meeting was organized by the Moscow Regional Energy Commission (REK), Saratov REK and AO MOSENERGO.

The energy- and resource-saving technologies were presented by eight companies and organizations of the Saratov region, including the production and commercial company “Eks-Forma,” GUP “Radioproborny Zavod,” “Saratovskii Zavod Energeticheskogo Mashinostroeniya,” OOO “Radon I K,” ZAO “TESAR-CO,” Engels Plant “Signal,” “NPP ‘Kontakt,’” etc.

AO MOSENERGO cooperates with many power equipment plants in the Saratov region when it comes to supplies of energy counters and electric equipment that are used in AO MOSENERGO electricity grids. AO MOSENERGO uses in its Eastern and Western grids, as well as at substations Bitza and Kurkino 150 10kWt switches that were manufactured at the federal enterprise “Kontakt.” The company is considering the possibility of acquiring 41 more such switches in 2002. As for energy counters, AO MOSENERGO negotiates on supplies of one-phase electricity counters SEF-101 that are used to count electricity in two-wire alternate current grids.

According to the chairman of the Saratov REK Vladimir Avrov, Saratov-produced goods are competitive to foreign analogues. “We cooperate with defense plants that are leaders in manufacturing electrical equipment and spare parts for this equipment,” he said. He also said that how important AO MOSENERGO specialists were. “Next year we would like AO MOSENERGO to become the central stage for presenting Saratov enterprises,” Avrov said.

On November 22, 2001, the Moscow government and Saratov region authorities signed the agreement: “On the Cooperation in the Area of Energy Supply.” This agreement supplements an earlier agreement (dated August 13, 1996) “On the Trading, Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation Between the Saratov Administration and the Moscow Government.” On behalf of Moscow Government the agreement was signed by Valery Santsev, chairman of the Moscow regional energy commission, on behalf of Saratov region government the agreement was signed by Petr Kamshilov, deputy chairman of the Saratov region government. The agreement provides for joint projects in the area of power saving and the exchange of information in the area of tariff regulation. The parties also agreed to visit facility exhibitions in the Saratov region and Moscow.