As part of the long-term vegetation management program, in 2014 specialists of Mordovenergo, a branch of IDGC of Volga, JSC, will clear and extend the right-of-way corridors covering 723 ha. The largest share of vegetation management activities (clearing vegetation on the area covering 153 ha and extending ROW corridors on the area covering 488 ha) will be performed by employees of the branch. Works on extension of ROW corridors on the area of at least 82 ha will be performed by contractors.
In June, works will be carried out on a area covering 91 ha. Teams of contracting organizations perform works at Sosnovka-Udarny 110 kV OTL, Ruzaevka-Yu.Zapadnaya 110 kV OTL, and St.Shaigovo-Sivin 35 kV OTL. Vegetation management and extension of rights-of-way will ensure minimized risks of emergency outages caused by tree tipping over wires, reduced electricity outages and volumes of undersupplied energy and, in the long run, reduced economies losses of consumers.