In Erbogachen, two new diesel power plants were delivered and unloaded to replace equipment after an emergency. On February 14, busbars and fuel lines will be installed, then the plants will be connected to the grid and put into permanent operation. The contract cost was 43.6 million rubles, and the facilities will have remote control and protection against unauthorized access.

According to the Minister of Housing Policy, Energy and Transport, Ivan Noskov, two diesel power plants have been delivered and unloaded in the village of Erbogachen in the Katangsky District of the Irkutsk Region. On Saturday, February 14, it is planned to begin installing busbars and fuel pipelines, as well as subsequently connecting the new stations to the existing power grids. After that, they will be put into permanent operation.
- “Due to the emergency situation that developed at the diesel power plant in the village of Erbogachen, the Ministry of Housing Policy, Energy and Transport concluded a state contract for the purchase of two diesel power plants (with a capacity of 910 kV each). The total cost of the state contract amounted to 43.6 million rubles. At the beginning of February, the diesel power plants were delivered to the city of Ust-Kut, and the cargo was transported to the village of Erbogachen along a winter road,” Ivan Noskov said.
Remote control and protection against unauthorized access will be installed on the diesel power plants. Roman Surov, General Director of OGUEP Oblkommunenergo-Sbyt, also noted that a one-year maintenance contract for the diesel machines has been concluded with the manufacturer.
In addition, under the investment program of the regional state unitary energy enterprise Oblkommunenergo-Sbyt, Erbogachen still has to carry out the reconstruction of the 0.4 kV overhead line (8.5 km), the reconstruction of transformer substations, and the development of design and cost documentation with state expertise for a 600 kV solar power plant in the village of Erbogachen.
The service area of GUEP Oblkommunenergo-Sbyt includes 29 settlements; the consumers of energy are about 8,000 people and 400 budget-funded organizations in the Katangsky, Kirensky, Ust-Udinsky, Mamsko-Chuysky, Kazachinsko-Lensky, and Olkhonsky districts of the Irkutsk Region
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk administration.