The head of the tariff department took part in the press tour of "SEVKAZENERGO'' JSC

The head of the tariff department took part in the press tour of "SEVKAZENERGO'' JSC

Today, on September 17, 2021, a press tour of the objects of the subject of natural monopolies in the field of electric and thermal energy production of SEVKAZENERGO JSC was held in Petropavlovsk.

The press tour was organized and conducted by the Department of the Committee for Regulation of Natural Monopolies of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the North Kazakhstan region together with JSC SEVKAZENERGO.

The Chairman of the Committee on Regulation of Natural Monopoly of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Asan Darbayev decided to promote the objects of JSC "SEVKAZENERGO".

He also got acquainted with the investment programs of SEVKAZENERGO JSC for 2021-2025, including the work done and planned to be completed in 2021 within the framework of this investment program.

In addition to representatives of the authorized body and the subject, representatives of the public and the media also took part in this press tour.

Sergey Nikolaevich Torokhtiy, Acting Chief Engineer, spoke about the implementation of the investment program of SEVKAZENERGO JSC for 2021.

Then the representative of SEVKAZENERGO JSC gave the participants of the press tour a safety briefing, after which he introduced them to the general work of the Petropavlovsk CHPP-2, where the participants could see firsthand how the main control panel, an open switchgear (hereinafter referred to as the OPU), the turbine shop and other objects of the CHPP-2 work.

In order to improve production processes, SEVKAZENERGO JSC is implementing an investment program within the framework of the approved tariff estimate, which provides for a number of large-scale equipment modernization measures aimed at increasing generation, reducing losses during heat and electricity transmission, including improving the environmental parameters of the enterprise's activities.

Recall that the amount of investments pledged under the previous five-year plan 2016-2020 was 4538.6 million tenge.

In 2020, investments in the amount of 755.2 million tenge were disbursed, namely, the reconstruction of the steam path of the boiler unit No. 6 was carried out. The replacement of the side panels of the downflow flue will reduce emergency stops of the boiler unit, reduce downtime and reduce the risks of under-production of electric energy. Also, the software and technical complex of the automated process control system has been modernized at the boiler unit No. 6, which will reduce the risk of failure of the computer equipment of the complex. At the station, the drums of boiler units No. 4 and 5 were overhauled, which is necessary to extend the park resource and allow further operation of the equipment. In order to reduce the physical wear of the 110 kV OPU equipment, a new 3GT autotransformer was installed.

Today, the subject is working under a new five-year investment program for 2021-2025, which was approved for a total amount of 7,288,174 thousand tenge, including the amount of investments for 2021 is 837,207 thousand tenge.  

Among the measures of the investment program of 2021, the reconstruction of the boiler unit of station No. 7 with the replacement of heating surfaces has been completed today. Work on the modernization of the left half of the 50KTSS-4 TA st. No. 2 condenser with the replacement of the brass tube and pipe boards, on the replacement of HDPE-2 TA st. No. 2 will be completed by the end of this year.

 Investment investments for the next 2022-2024 years provide for the implementation of the following activities:

The investment program for 2022 was approved in the amount of 1,119,479 thousand tenge.

Planned events:

  1. Reconstruction of the fuel supply of PTEC-2;
  2. Reconstruction of the boiler unit of station No. 8 with the replacement of heating surfaces.

The investment program for 2023 was approved in the amount of 1,418,482 thousand tenge.

Planned events:

  1. Reconstruction of the fuel supply of PTEC-2;
  2. Replacement of the PSV heater-500-3-23 ABOUT No. 2 BU No. 6;
  3. Replacement of the PSV heater-500-14-23 PB No. 2 BU No. 2;
  4. Reconstruction of the water supply plant with replacement of feed pumps;
  5. Replacement of the electric pump unit EP-315-150 with an asynchronous motor and a hydraulic coupling of article No. 10;
  6. Reconstruction of boiler equipment;
  7. Reconstruction of the boiler unit of station No. 11 with the replacement of heating surfaces.

The investment program for 2024 was approved in the amount of 1,772,690 thousand tenge.

Planned events:

  1. Reconstruction of the fuel supply of PTEC-2;
  2. Replacement of the PSV heater-500-14-23 PB No. 2 BU No. 3;
  3. Reconstruction of the water supply plant with replacement of feed pumps;
  4. Replacement of the electric pump unit EP-315-150 with an asynchronous motor and a hydraulic coupling of article No. 3;
  5. Reconstruction of boiler equipment;
  6. Reconstruction of the boiler unit of station No. 9 with the replacement of heating surfaces.

The investment program for 2025 was approved in the amount of 2,140,316 thousand tenge.

Planned events:

  1. Reconstruction of the fuel supply of PTEC-2;
  2. Reconstruction of the turbine unit of station No. 3 with the installation of an automated control system;
  3. Replacement of the PSV heater-500-14-23 PB No. 1 BU No. 6;
  4. Replacement of the PSV heater-500-3-23 ABOUT No. 3 BU No. 6;
  5. Replacement of the PSV heater-500-3-23 ABOUT No. 1 BU No. 6;
  6. Modernization of the right half of the 100KTSS-4B TA st. No. 7 condenser with replacement of the brass tube and pipe boards;
  7. Reconstruction of boiler equipment;
  8. Reconstruction of the boiler unit of station No. 10 with the replacement of heating surfaces.

During the press tour, the participants, including representatives of the media, asked questions about the implementation of the investment program of the enterprise and other important questions concerning the activities of the subject. 

Chairman of the DCRNM, Asan Darbayev noted that Petropavlovsk CHPP-2 is one of the main enterprises that provides consumers with uninterrupted and high-quality thermal and electric energy within the framework of the investment program.

"The approved investment program of SEVKAZENERGO JSC for 2021-2025 should provide high-quality and uninterrupted heat and electric energy to its consumers, which is important, given the facts of emergency situations at such production facilities that are currently becoming more frequent," Asan Darbayev said at the end of the press tour.

It should be noted that these press tours are held annually in order to highlight to the public the transparency of tariff formation of services and the costs of monopolists for the implementation of measures provided for in the SEM investment programs. 

Petropavlovsk CHPP-2 is the first object visited by the Head of the State this year. In the future, Asan Darbayev plans to visit other facilities of important monopolist entities in order to monitor the fulfillment of their obligations within the framework of the implementation of approved investment programs.