Ulyanovsk Distribution Grids, a branch of IDGC of Volga, PJSC (a member of Rosseti Group of Companies), summed up the results of the regional contest to assess the technical conditions of 110 kV OHL. The title of "The Best 110 kV OHL" at Ulyanovsk DG was given to the line Dimitrovgradskaya 1,2 of Dimitrovgrad Production Department (PD). This PD retains the undeniable leadership for three consecutive years now. The second place went to the line Ulyanovsk–Sengiley (Ulyanovsk PD), the third — to the line Syzran–Klin of Yuzhny (South) PD (110 kV OHL Syzran–Novoobraztsovo, Novoobraztsovo–Klin, Syzran–Koptevka, Koptevka–Klin).

The employees of the services of high-voltage lines (SOHL) throughout the repair campaign were preparing the overhead lines for the contest. The Commission composed of the heads of the administrative apparatus and the specialist services of the branch assessed the technical and aesthetic condition of all OHL elements: supports, foundations, wires, overhead protection cable, line accessories, insulators, grounding devices. On the winner-line, the SOHL specialists replaced 87 insulation strings, more than 7 km of overhead protection cable, vibration dampers, elements of line accessories. Energy specialists also applied anticorrosive coating to the metal elements of supports, restored and brought to the uniformity the names and information boards, cleared about 7 km of overhead lines from trees and scrubs.

The contest for the best technical condition of 110 kV overhead lines is annually held in the branch. Lines not related to the objects of reconstruction and new construction, as well as those being in service for at least ten years, take part in the contest. At the final stage of the contest, the central committee of IDGC of Volga, PJSC will decide on the best 110 kV OHL among all branches.