OREANDA-NEWS. September 14, 2007. Pursuant to Order of the City Council No. 9292-r On New 2007/2008 Heating Season in Novosibirsk, the heating season will start on September 17. As always, the first to get heat supply will be medical and childcare institutions of the city. The specialists of the City Council and Novosibirskgorteploenergo heat transport company have developed a phased schedule of switching the Novosibirsk heat generating system. This schedule provides for connection of medical and childcare institutions within the period of September 17-20. On September 21, it is planned to start providing heat supply to residential buildings, which will be completed on October 02. The schedule also sets the order of priority for large residential areas, which is determined by the technical features of each heat supply zone.

Deployment of the Novosibirsk heat supply system is a final stage of preparation of the city heat supply system to the new heating season. During this year’s summer maintenance campaign, the specialists of Novosibirskenergo Group of Companies replaced 33 km of pipes, renewed heat insulation in the 19 km section of pipelines, conducted capital repairs of 24 central heat supply stations (CHSS), of 20 buildings of pump stations and CHSS, of 40 pumps working at the transfer stations, and of 233 CHSS electric motors. The Company completed May and August testing of the heating mains for leak-proofness and durability, which enabled to reveal and replace 695 local pipeline sections that had been weakened by corrosion. Construction of new heating mains in Leskova and Ordzhonikidze Streets is getting to its final stage. This will allow connecting of the newly built houses to the city heat supply system. In addition, launch operations are being carried out at the heating main drawn from TPP-3. When commissioned, this heating main will supply hot water to the Zaton settlement.

The elaborate preparation of the city heat supply system carried out by OAO Novosibirskgorteploenergo will guarantee reliable and accident-free operation through the autumn/winter load maximum.