Equipment repairs were completed on Vasileostrovskaya and Avtovskaya CHPP of JSC TGC-1

As part of the repair program of JSC TGC-1 and preparation of power plants for the heating season of 2012-2013, repair works of main and supporting equipment on JSC TGC-1 Vasileostrovskaya and Avtovskaya CHPPs were completed.

Plant and contract specialists are finishing a complete overhaul of steam boiler No 7 on Vasileostrovskaya CHP Plant. The unit passed complete diagnostics In the course of the work. Heating surfaces were replaced, testing and adjustment of automatic regulation was done, control and management devices of equipment modes were carried out.

A complete overhaul of turbine No1 was completed on Avtovskaya CHP Plant. Repair works and modernization of the flow parts of the cylinders of medium and low pressure are continuing on turbine unit No 7. As a result, the capacity of the turbine unit will increase by 23 MW. 

Starting from 2010, summer preparation of TGC-1 power plants of St. Petersburg for the heating season excludes interruptions of the hot water supply to the consumers.

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JSC TGC-1 (The Company) is a leading manufacturer and supplier of electric and thermal energy in the North-West region of Russia, and the second territorial generating company in the country in terms of installed capacity.

TGC-1 includes 14 heating and power plants, 11 of which are located in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, 1 CHP plant in the Republic of Karelia and 2 in Murmansk Oblast. The company conducts massive repair campaigns in all the regions between heating seasons. The number of complete and medium overhauls on CHPPs during the preparations for the heating season of 2012-2013 increased from 32 to 36 compared to last year. In total, TGC-1 allocated 3 billion 240 million rubles for repairs of fixed assets.