OREANDA-NEWS. Representatives of IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region participate in the events of the ХХI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which takes place from 1 to 3 June in St. Petersburg. The delegation is headed by General Director of IDGC of Centre and Acting General Director of IDGC of Centre and Volga Region Oleg Isaev.

Within the SPIEF-2017 Oleg Isaev held a number of working meetings. In particular, he discussed with the leadership of companies - the world’s leading developers of electrical equipment implementation of joint projects in the field of modernization of the power grid complex. At the Forum an agreement on cooperation between IDGC of Centre, IDGC of Centre and Volga Region and the company Siemens was also signed. The document was signed by Oleg Isaev and the president of Siemens in Russia Dietrich M?ller in the presence of Director General of Rosseti Oleg Budargin.

The agenda of the meetings of Oleg Isaev with heads of the subjects of the Russian Federation, where IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga operate, included issues of further improving the reliability of consumers’ electric power supply and expanding cooperation within the framework of ongoing projects aimed at social and economic development of the regions. In particular, at a meeting with Orel Region Governor Vadim Potomsky, the topic of synchronizing plans for the development of the region's electric grid complex and regional target programs was touched upon. And at a meeting with Kirov Region Governor Igor Vasiliev it was about the implementation of projects of IDGC of Centre and Volga Region on the development of grid infrastructure.

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