OREANDA-NEWS. On 1 February 2008  was announced, that since 29 January 2008, JSC Irkutskenergo has started to accept applications for technological connection to the grid in the settlement of Khomutovo of the Irkutsk area. According to the press service of Energosbyt Company of Irkutskenergo, inhabitants of the settlement can connect their own electricity installations to the grid. Payment is made for connection to the grids which was approved by the resolution of the Regional Tariffs Service of the Irkutsk area as of 14.01.2007.

'This resolution was adopted in connection with the intensively developing infrastructure of the settlement, construction of new inhabited facilities in Khomutovo and necessity of their connection to the electric networks of JSC Irkutskenergo', Energosbyt Company’s Director Sergey Babkin said.

Within the limits of realization of the program on improvement of the level of service of the electric energy consumers, JSC Irkutskenergo Company has started up a service stand in Khomutovo at the end of 2007 which accepts payments for the consumed electric power.

Now the number of the electric power subscribers in the settlement equals more than two thousand people. According to Sergey Babkin, occurrence of such a local center of reception of applications for connection to the grid will allow applicants to save their own time and to accelerate the process of technological connection.

Since 1 March 2007, in territory of the whole Irkutsk area, all industrial sites of Energosbyt Company of JSC Irkutskenergo accept applications, carry out preparation of contracts for technological connection to the grids, registration of specifications, registration and renewal of certificates of differentiation of the balance participation and the operational responsibility of the parties.