OREANDA-NEWS. December 4, 2009. The regular Russian industrial technical workshop-meeting “Metrological Support in Electric Power Industry” was held in Moscow. Parent organization of metrology service in electric power industry – branch of “Engineering Center UES” “Firm ORGRES” – was the main initiator of the event.

More than 80 specialists representing metrology services in power engineering industry, Engineering Centers, service companies, Federal state unitary enterprises, colleges and training centers, manufacturers and suppliers of equipment and measurement systems took part in the workshop.

During the three working days of the meeting, the workshop participants heard presentations and discussed issues pertaining to reorganization of metrology service in electric power industry; relationship between metrology service in electric power industry and Federal executive body represented by Ministry of Energy of the RF; normative and legal regulation in the area of ensuring uniformity of measurements; organization and status of metrology support at local level; metrology support of electric power certification; practice of construction, introduction, organization of operation and maintenance of automated measuring and information system for electric power fiscal accounting and most urgent issues of organization of accounting for thermal power and heat carrying agents.

The industrial technical workshop-meeting adopted a series of resolutions in order to create conditions for accident-free operation of equipment/ metering devices and instrumentation and ensuring uniformity of gauging and measurements in electric power industry in accordance with Technical Maintenance Regulations, Federal Laws dated June 26,2008 # 102-FZ “On ensuring uniformity of measurements” and dated March 26, 2003 # 35-FZ “On electric power industry” currently in force, and in order to preserve and develop Metrology Service in power industry, implement a comprehensive work in metrological support and provide for continuity of normative and legal regulation documents of in the area of ensuring uniformity of measurements in energy industry. One of those resolutions is proof of authority of Chief metrologist in power industry represented by Chief engineer of “Firm ORGRES”, foundation of Coordination Council to resolve strategic issues related to reorganization of metrological support service in power engineering industry and upgrading of measurements uniformity.