OREANDA-NEWS. DTEK Krymenergo is going to allocate UAH 108m in reconstruction of its power networks in H2 2013 in line with its investment programme.

DTEK Krymenergo continues to invest in reliability of power supply to customers. Thus, by the year end the company will upgrade several substations: replace big oil circuit breakers with modern SF6 circuit breakers at Yalta substation (the main substation supplying power in the South Coast of Crimea during summer peaks) and overhaul the 110kV outdoor switchgear. DTEK Krymenergo plans to spend around UAH 7.3m on modernisation of the substation. Also, the company will upgrade Zemlyanika, Artek, Gurzuf, Alushta and other substations.

By the end of 2013 DTEK Krymenergo plans to:

retrofit 10 substations and 13 transformer houses

renovate over 230 km of 35-110 kV high-voltage lines and over 1,200 km of 0.4-10 kV high-voltage lines

replace over 3,000 transmission pylons

repair over 800 substations, transformer houses and distribution points, over 100 power transformers

buy and install 32,300 advanced electricity meters.

“DTEK Krymenergo engineers repair and modernise electrical equipment in line with the investment programme,” noted Dmitriy Kravchuk, DTEK Krymenergo's Technical Director. “Our consistent equipment upgrade policy helps us to provide electricity to our consumers in a reliable and high-quality manner.”

In H1 2013, DTEK Krymenergo:

reconstructed four substations: Alupka, Severnaya, Zhavoronki and Mayak

renovated 1,186 km 0.4-10 kV of high-voltage lines and replaced over 3,000 transmission pylons

reconstructed 41 35-110 kV substations, 120 6-10 kV power transformers

overhauled 779 transformer houses and distribution substations

bought and installed over 22,500 modern electricity meters.