The head of the tariff department took part in press tours of LLP "Ekibastuzskaya GRES-1 named after Bulat Nurzhanov" and JSC "Ekibastuzskaya GRES-2 Station".

The head of the tariff department took part in press tours of LLP "Ekibastuzskaya GRES-1 named after Bulat Nurzhanov" and JSC "Ekibastuzskaya GRES-2 Station".

Today, on October 8, 2021, the objects of natural monopolists of the Pavlodar region were visited by the Head of the Tariff Department, Asan Darbayev.

As is known, large thermal power giants such as GRES-1 and GRES-2 carry out their activities in the vicinity of Ekibastuz, and press tours were held on them, more precisely on the objects of LLP "Ekibastuz GRES-1 named after Bulat Nurzhanov" and JSC "Ekibastuz GRES-2 Station".

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 Pavlodar region jointly with LLP "Ekibastuz GRES-1 named after Bulat Nurzhanov" and JSC "Ekibastuz GRES-2 Station".

These facilities were inspected by the Chairman of the Natural Monopoly Regulation Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Asan Darbayev together with representatives of the public and the media, where they were able to get acquainted with the investment programs of the subjects for the coming years.

The first object of the visit was LLP "Ekibastuz GRES-1 named after Bulat Nurzhanov".

General Director – Kopenov Edil Kudaibergenovich told about the repair work at the enterprise in 2021 and completed in 2020.

Then representatives of Ekibastuzskaya GRES-1 LLP acquainted the guests with the general operation of the station, which is the largest power station in Kazakhstan, where participants could see firsthand how work is going on at the main control panel, see the turbine shop, the control panel of power units and other facilities of the station.

The participants of the press tour also got acquainted with the progress of restoration work at power unit No. 1, which is scheduled to be launched in 2023, which will allow the power plant to reach a design capacity of 4,000 MW, as well as meet the projected increase in electricity demand in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the coming years.

In addition to the production of electric energy, GRES-1 also produces thermal energy.

So, in 2018, an investment program was approved for the services of LLP "Ekibastuz GRES-1 named after Bulat Nurzhanov" for the production, transmission, distribution and supply of thermal energy for 2018-2022 in the amount of 150,988 thousand tenge excluding VAT.

Then the participants of the press tour visited JSC "Ekibastuzskaya GRES-2 Station".

Chairman of the Management Board of JSC "Ekibastuzskaya GRES-2 Station" Sagidulla Dauren Sagidullaevich told about the performance of the main indicators at Ekibastuzskaya GRES-2.

Representatives of EGRES-2 informed the audience about the progress of the implementation of the investment program for the production of thermal energy in 2018-2021. This investment program has already been approved directly by the DCRNM for the Pavlodar region and agreed with the Energy Department of the region, and the implementation of this program is controlled by the tariff department.  

The total amount of the approved investment program for thermal energy for this period is 147 million tenge. 

In 2021, an event is planned for the purchase of heat meters. Currently, procurement and contractual procedures are being conducted for this position.

In September of this year, an application was submitted for approval of a new investment program for thermal energy for the period 2022-2026, which is under consideration in the Department of the Committee for Regulation of Natural Monopolies of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Pavlodar region.

The total amount of the investment program is 88 million tenge.

Within the framework of this investment program, it is planned to carry out many measures aimed at improving the reliability of equipment.    As the representatives of JSC "Ekibastuzskaya GRES-2 Station" noted, the implementation of the above measures will increase the reliability of the equipment for the production of thermal energy and ensure uninterrupted supply of thermal energy to consumers.

The Head of State, in turn, noted the importance of the activities of entities of this scale for the benefit of consumers in order to ensure uninterrupted and high-quality supply of heat and electricity.