On May 10^th TGC-9 powermen will start gradually tripping heat consumers.

In connection with signing by the Head of Ekaterinburg on May 7^th of the Order about finishing the heating season from May 10^th, 2007, powermen start work of stepwise tripping of consumers. Technologically this process will take about 10 days, at Ekaterinburg stations – sources of heat they will gradually reduce water flow and trip the respective equipment. At first the heat will stop coming to apartment houses, then to objects of social sphere (schools, hospitals, kindergartens).

During the autumn-winter period citizens of Ekaterinburg and cities of the region did not feel any failures in heat supply. Winter showed that the collective of generating stations and heat networks prepared equipment for bearing of the load properly.

TGC-9 has already started preparing for going through AWP of the years 2007-2008. They made schedules of heat sources and heat networks repair and testing of conduits with increased pressure (crimping). They will last from May to August; the first tests will begin on May 16^th and will be held without limitation of hot water supply of consumers.

The investment program for the year 2007 is 781,4 million RUR, including costs on heat networks 275,9 million RUR, the planned change of heat networks 3,47 km (in tube-in-tube computation).

The considerable source of money for development of Ekaterinburg heat networks will become payment for technological connection of new objects according to TGC-9 investment program on development of the city district heating system.

TGC-9 powermen will do their best to prepare for the coming heating season in Ekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk region just professionally and well coordinated as they worked during last AWP.