A special committee was set to inspect the progress of preparations for operations during autumn and winter seasons. Apart from employees of Chuvashenergo, a branch of IDGC of Volga, JSC (a member of Rosseti Group of Companies), the committee included representatives of the Executive Board of IDGC of Volga, JSC and Regional Administration for Technical Supervision in the Volga Region – Technical Supervision Center, a branch of Rosseti, JSC. The objective was to assess whether the company meets necessary criteria to obtain a certificate confirming preparedness for operations during forthcoming autumn and winter season.
In particular, the commission checked compliance with the RF legislation related to industrial safety, availability of industrial safety control (including occupational and fire safety), necessary staffing levels, availability of backup equipment, stock/replacement parts, material and facilities necessary for emergency accident and recovery operations as prescribed by the relevant standards and regulations, preparedness for emergency accident and recovery operations under low ambient conditions, implementation of the approved plan of measure to prepare for operations during autumn and winter seasons (including scheduled repair of core and backup equipment, buildings and structures), engineering inspection and diagnostics of equipment necessary to ensure safe and reliable operations during autumn and winter seasons, operational preparedness of prospective equipment and controls, communications facilities, automated dispatch control systems, etc.
In addition, the commission checked availability of PPE, special clothing, tools and accessories, technical standards, regulations and operational documents, instructions, information on permissible current loading of power transmission lines and equipment, availability of dispatch commutation channels and channels to transmit telemetry information to the Dispatch Control Center, availability of transport and communication facilities necessary for efficient operation of emergency response and line crews, etc. During the inspection, Chuvash RDU (Regional Dispatch Office), a branch of SO UES, JSC issued a report to Chuvashenergo detailing the influence of operations of Chuvashenergo process equipment and staff on operational safety and reliability of the Process Control Systems used to monitor and control operational modes of the entire power system in Chuvashia during autumn and winter seasons 2014/2015.
According to this report, operations the process equipment and staff of Chuvashenergo, a branch of IDGC of Volga, JSC are satisfactory as related to potential influence on reliability of Chuvash power system in Chuvashia during the forthcoming autumn and winter seasons. Production departments of the branch have already undergone the inspection. The commission prepared a number of reports that will form the base for development and implementation of additional measures by Chuvashenergo specialists to further improve operational reliability of the power system. The final inspection of preparedness for operations during the autumn and winter seasons will be held on September 24-16.