Almost 500 km of ownerless electric power lines to be transferred to trust management in East Kazakhstan region 

Akimat of East Kazakhstan region restored the documentation for 500 kilometers of ownerless electric power lines and will transfer them to trust management of the regional energy company, the regional akim Danial Akhmetov said at a meeting with the local executive organs on energy security.

The head of the region stressed that in accordance with the comprehensive plan for energy preparedness of East Kazakhstan region, local executive agencies are gradually carrying out the work on the laying and reconstruction of new and old electrical supply networks. Revision is underway primarily on those networks that the vital functions of settlements depend on.

At the same time, the ownerless networks are at stake in the region. Now there are more than 530 kilometers of them in the region. In accordance with the instruction of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Akimat of East Kazakhstan region has already put in order the legal basis for transferring 494 of them to the trust management of the regional energy company. According to the regional akim, the documentation for the left ownerless lines will be prepared while calculating the cost of their restoration.