Yuriy Berg, Governor and Chairman of the Government of the Orenburg region; Valeriy Rogozhkin, Head of Buzuluk; Aleksiy, Bishop Buzulukskiy and Sorochinskiy; deputies of the Legislative Assembly, heads of energy companies of the region, and representatives of the clergy were present at the ceremony. Viktor Kazhaev, Deputy General Director of IDGC of Volga, JSC (a member of Rosseti Group) and Director of Orenburgenergo, acted as host. The ceremony started at the former base of the Western Electric Grids with survey tour of premises where old fresco and wall painting is preserved. Now these and 17 additional facilities will be transferred to Buzuluk Eparchy. “Negotiations with representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning transfer of premises of the Western Electric Grids where, as is known, in the 19th and in the early 20th centuries a convent was located, were started several years ago. Within this period there were no obstacles to religious processions in this territory, access to fresco, and celebration of orthodox holidays. At the same time, consultations of IDGC of Volga, JSC, Orenburgenergo branch and Buzuluk administration with regard to construction of a new base were initiated. Moreover, the Federal Law "On Transfer to Religious Organizations of Property of Religious Designation in State or Municipal Ownership" came into force; it was necessary to observe it,” said Viktor Kazhaev, Deputy General Director of IDGC of Volga, JSC and Director of Orenburgenergo. “We selected a place; prepared a project; the construction was commenced in November 2012. We agreed with the representatives of the clergy that convent buildings would be returned to the church as soon as the construction of the new base is completed.” The ceremony was continued in the new administration and on-site complex of the Western Electric Grids – transfer of buildings became possible upon completion of construction of the new base. Aleksiy, Bishop Buzulukskiy and Sorochinskiy, spoke to express gratitude: “Let the God give thanks to all of you, and bestow heavenly blessings on you. Let your labor here be pleasing to God, and let the labor bring you joy.” As a blessing to everybody who works here, Aleksiy gave an icon of Tikhvinskaya Madonna to employees of the company. The work was completed in April 2015. In the territory the area of which exceeds 33 thousand square meters there is everything which is required for operation of electric grid subdivision ensuring power supply to the entire western territory of the Orenburg region. Here, provision was made for 2 garages for 53 vehicles, a car wash, a building of the cold store, two production buildings with utility spaces and shops (transformer repair shop, welding shop, joinery and turnery shops), warm and cold stores, oil storage facilities, an outdoor storage ground, a canteen, a communications tower, and an administrative building for technicians and engineers. Yuriy Gavrilov, Director of the Western Electric Grids, told the guests about it during the survey tour. Yuriy Berg, Governor and Chairman of the Government of the Orenburg region, congratulated power engineers with completion of long-term and complicated stage of construction of the new production base. "It is a modern complex, both in terms of technologies, and in terms of production standards," noted the head of the region. "To build the new base and to move, power engineers had to complete a great scope of work. After all, the Western Electric Grids are electric grids ensuring life of the entire western territory of the Orenburg region." Premises were built with due account for building regulations, fire safety, requirements of environmental and sanitary norms as well as specific character of the company's activity. Organization of operation of the electrical repair shop provides for all details of the process: there is an overhead crane for unloading of large-sized power transformers, equipment for oil draining, transformer flushing and painting, electrotechnical laboratory for detection of defects. On the production premises there are chemical and chromatographic laboratories. Everything is located in the premises - safely, conveniently and efficiently. At the oil storage facilities, the most important chain in the activity of the electric grid enterprise, modern equipment for oil recovery and drying is installed; provision was made for storage of new, recovered and used oil. Comfortable conditions for work and rest of the personnel are created: spacious light dressing rooms with convenient lockers for electricians and drivers, drying cases for footwear and clothes, a cosy canteen and several recreation areas. At the end of the tour, power engineers invited guests to the Dispatcher Service. The dispatcher panel, "brain" of the electric grids enterprise, is located in the administrative building, and it is fitted with modern facilities and equipment. It is intended for visual control and tracking of information on conditions of the entire grid of the enterprise: power transmission lines and substations located in Buzulukskiy, Grachevskiy, Kurmanaevskiy, Krasnogvardeyskiy, Sorochinskiy, Novosergievskiy, Totskiy, Pervomayskiy, and Tashlinskiy districts. The process of transfer of buildings into ownership of the Eparchy shall be completed in the first decade of July.