OREANDA-NEWS. On 06 February 2009 was announced, that on January 15, 2009 Primorskaya TPP celebrated its 35th anniversary. During 35 years LuTEK has produced over 150 billion of kWh of electric power, the excavation of coal exceeds 183 million tons.

35 years ago, on January 15, 1974 there was the ceremony of the putting into operation of the first power unit of the largest thermal power station of the Far East – Primorskaya TPP.

The construction of Primorskaya TPP, “Luchegorsky” open pit and the settlement Luchegosk is the bright sample of the fact, that large-scale and in many aspects unique project, by the efforts of designers, specialists and workers, coming here from all over the country, had transferred from the paper into metal, into power units, into the shops of the powerfull and modern energy company.

On October 25, 2008 Primorskaya TPP has passed important milestone in its history^ the station has produced the 150th billion kWh from the day of putting into operation of the first power unit. This volume of electric power is relevant to energy consumption of the entire Far East during the last five years.

In the end of December 2008 has passed 35 years from the date of start-up the first excavator of the open pit. For LuTEK this event is also as well important event as the putting into operation the first power unit.

By the Governmental decision on December 1, 1997 the largest in the Far East the thermal power station Primorskaya TPP and one of the leading coal mining company of the region open-pit “Luchegoskoye” were merged into Luchegorsky Fuel-and-Energy Complex (LuTEK).

In the course of reformation of electric energy industry, on January 1, 2007, LuTEK as a branch has been merged into JSC “Far Eastern Generating Company”, united generating capacities of the thermal power stations of the entire Far East. Nowadays LuTEK is one of the largest branches of JSC “FEGC” with electric production share of around 24%.

The LuTEK branch is the urban company. For the last years under active support of energy and mine workers, in the territory of Luchegorsk settlement has been fulfilled a row of the large social important projects: has been constructed orthodox temple, sports complex with standard size soccer field with synthetic coating, modern water pipeline. Annually LuTEK is rendering great sponsor and charitable support to public education and cultural institutions, actively participating in land improvement of the frontier stations, located in the territory of Pozharsky district, on November 5, 2008 has fulfilled construction of orthodox chapel on the bank of frontier river Ussury – at the place of the former location of frontier station Nizhne-Mikhailovka.

During 35 years, passed from the date of establishing of LuTEK, the staff of the company has produced 150,972,400 thousand kWh of electric power, the stripping volume is 622 mil m3, coal production – 183,243 thousand tons.

The reputation of Primorskaya TPP, open pit “Luchegorsky” and the branch LuTEK as a whole as one of the most reliable energy companies of the Far East has created by the labour of the hundreds, thousands of people. Nowadays the special merit of the staff of energy and coal mine workers is the stable monthly fulfillment of assignments for operating capacity, bearing dispatcher’s charts of loads, providing reliable energy supply of Primorsky and Khabarovsky krais.