The first meeting of Scientific and Technical Board took place on December 25 in Moscow.

First Deputy General Director of IDGC of North-West, Chief Engineer, Georgiy Turlov took part in the first meeting of the Scientific and Technical Board (STB) of JSC “IDGC Holding” concerning the issues of the development and functioning of the power grid complex.

The necessity of creation of STB in JSC “IDGC Holding” was caused by the acute need in the first and foremost measures directed to the prevention of the alarming tendencies of the grid equipment physical and moral ageing. At present, the level of the wear of the fixed assets is over 69%. More than 70% of the electric equipment worked two or more normative terms. In this connection, the most important strategic task is the decrease of the wear of the equipment to the level of 50-55%, which is a characteristic of the developed countries. 

JSC “IDGC Holding” developed the concept of the fixed assets program renovation, determining by 2019 the considerable decrease of the level of wear of the equipment and that of the infrastructure of the distribution grid complex. The cost of activities directed to the renovation accounts for RUR 2.85 trillion.

Participants of the Scientific and Technical Board considered the plan of work of STB for 2010 and determined the basic approaches to the forming and realization of the program of renovation of JSC “IDGC Holding”.

The Chairman of STB is the General Director of JSC “IDGC Holding”, Nikolay Shvets.