The
decision to transfer the powers of the sole executive body of IDGC of
Centre and Volga Region to IDGC of Centre was taken with a view to
implementing the tasks contained in the Strategy for the Development
of the Electric Grid Complex of the Russian Federation. This decision
was agreed upon by the Board of Directors of Rosseti and approved at
the annual meeting of shareholders of IDGC of Centre and Volga
Region.
11 September 2017, an agreement on the transfer of authority was
signed, the terms of which were approved by the Boards of Directors
of both companies. The scheme of the companies’ management approved
under the agreement of the Single Executive Body supposes the
addition of the existing 11 branches with other 9 with the
appropriate recruitment of the required number of employees. At the
same time, their number due to the combination of competencies and
increased productivity will be significantly fewer than with the
operation of two separate executive offices. The scheme was worked
out and supported by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation
and is aimed at a significant increase in the performance of IDGC of
Centre and Volga Region, which is provided by much more stringent
requirements to achieve the targets. This will result in higher
financial performance and will not allow to decrease production
capacity.
Until that time, for more than 10 months, both companies were
managed from one centre. The results of the work in the new format
have convincingly shown that the transfer of functions to a single
executive body is an effective tool for achieving the tasks set for
the Russian grid complex, contributing to a reduction in operating
expenses and an increase in the financial performance of both
companies. Today, under the management of IDGC of Centre there are
electric grid complexes in almost twice as many regions as before,
while the company carries out this activity without diverting
additional resources to it.
Consolidation of the best practices of the two companies in the
sphere of management, financial and operational activities made it
possible to form effective investment programs with the use of
innovative solutions in conditions of strict tariff restrictions. For
20 regions of the country, integrated multi-year programs for the
modernization and development of grids, taking into account the
interests and features of the development of the territories, aimed
at ensuring reliable power supply with a reduction in operating
costs, have been formed according to unified high-quality standards.
The task of reducing the timing of first responding and
restoration operations is being solved as system. This is
facilitated, in particular, by the opportunity, as a result of the
synergy of the resources of the two companies, to attract large scale
means and resources within the shortest possible time to eliminate
consequences of technological failures - the advantages of this
approach were shown by the experience of last winter. A unified
corporate information system based on the combined resource of the
common information complex is being created, which allows to optimize
costs and provide prompt decision-making for achieving the required
level of reliability at minimum costs. The centralization of the
management functions of IDGC of Centre and IDGC of Centre and Volga
Region also allows to reduce operating expenses, which contributes to
the improvement of the quality of both companies and their financial
stability.
The decision to introduce the unified management in IDGC of Centre
and IDGC of Centre and Volga Region was taken by Rosseti in late
October 2016. The given measure is aimed to increase industrial and
financial efficiency of subsidiaries, decrease in operational costs
and maintenance of reliable power supply of all categories of
consumers. The management of IDGC of Centre and Volga Region was
entrusted to General Director of IDGC of Centre Oleg Isaev.
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