OREANDA-NEWS. October 29, 2010. According to JSC Irkutskaya Gorodskaya Teplosbytovaya Kompaniya (IGTSK), the heating is provided to the majority of residential houses and social facilities of Irkutsk. The only exclusions are houses and facilities where heating systems’ maintenance or general maintenance is currently in progress. Most of the maintenance works of heating systems are completed. General maintenance is performed in the center of Irkutsk at the utility systems of MUP Vodokanal; road services are also performing maintenance works. IGTSK points out problems certain management companies experience with providing heating for the residential houses. Basis for refusal: heating and hot water supply clearance not obtained, pending debts. For example, the debt of Primorsky Management Company totals more than RUR 60 mln. Thus, no houses serviced by this Management Company were cleared for being provided with heating.

The Pribaikalsk branch of Federal Service for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Supervision performs the checking of OJSC Irkutskenergo branches’ readiness for the heating season. The work of committees on readiness for the heating season has started in accordance with the approved schedules. According to Rostekhnadzor, the acts of readiness of Novo-Irkustkaya CHPP and CHPP-9 heating systems’ section have already been signed.