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jsc energo-pro georgia continues investment in rehabilitation of high voltage network. the company has already completed rehabilitation of three, 110 kv high voltage lines - "katskhi", "moashi" and "marabda 2". as a result of works, the reliability and quality of electricity supply increased significantly to epg customers in chiatura, sachkhere, lentekhi and mestia. as a result of rehabilitation of high voltage line "marabda 2", electricity supply reserve source was created for city of rustavi. the line “marabda 2” will be put into operation by the end of november. an alternative source of electricity supply will be created for ninotsminda as well. at this time, the company is conducting rehabilitation works on high voltage reserve line "saghamo", where new poles were installed and depreciated wires replaced with new ones. line rehabilitation will be completed by the end of november. in parallel, rehabilitation works are being carried out on high voltage transmission lines "chkhoushia", "phazisi", "maltakva", "grigoleti" and "batumi 5-megapolis". in frame of the project new wires are being stretched, depreciated insulations and poles replaced with new ones.  as a result of the implemented works, the energy supply of zugdidi city will become more reliable and stable. the transmission line "chkhoushia" rehabilitation will be completed by the end of november, while the works on the lines of "phazisi", "maltakva", "grigoleti" and "batumi 5-megapala" will be completed in mid december. at the end of the year, jsc energo-pro georgia in total will invest gel 5,234,000 for rehabilitation of the electricity transmission lines.

jsc energo-pro georgia starts summer employment program for students. in frame of the summer employment program initiated by the human resource management department, 3rd and 4th grade students and newly graduates of the energy faculty, as well as students of vocational colleges majoring in energy and electricity engineering will have the opportunity to undertake 2 month paid internship at the company. „selected candidates will undertake training and internship at the company headquarters in tbilisi and regional offices in kutaisi, batumi, khashuri, telavi in the following directions: exploitation of hv substations, relay protection and diagnostics, design/exploitation of electricity transmission lines and devices, electricity meter lab, generation (hpps), labor safety, energy surveillance, dispatch, scada and gis systems, customers relations (call center) and etc.“ – said george trapaidze head of human resource development department of epg. in case of successful completion of the program, the best students/candidates will have the recruitment opportunity at the company. information meetings will be held at company hq in tbilisi (zurab anjaparidze str. #19) on july 7, at 11:00 a.m and also at regional offices in kutaisi, batumi, khashuri, telavi from july 4 till july 7. for additional information and registration, please refer to the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1faipqlseuxibuqeip-_myenu_drssahpmdxfglkegbzdpmlgm4tsbtw/viewform?usp=sf_link final selection process of students will be held from july 12 until july 14. the candidates are required to make a presentation on the free topic – future energy, based on which they will be selected. for the popularization of energy field, through the cooperation with the educational institutions jsc energo-pro georgia continues implementation of various projects.

in view of the increase of electricity consumption at winter resort zones, technical service of jsc "energo-pro georgia" launches the first stage of network rehabilitation works. old power transformers at the hv substation has already been replaced with a new, more powerful one that will be put into exploitation by the end of the month. in frame of the rehabilitation works, installation of 3 km underground cable will be carried out by the end of the year.   the second stage of the works will start next year, the new distribution point will be constructed, the substation "bakuriani" will be completely reconstructed, apart from that rehabilitation and reconstruction of three high voltage power transmission lines (tsemi-1, tsemi-2, tsemi-3) will be carried out.   “increase of electricity supply, especially is indicated in resort zones, among which of course one of our priorities is stabile electricity supply of bakuriani. despite the fact that significant technical projects have been implemented in bakuriani, company decided to implement larger projects. commancement of these works is significant for the area. after the completion of the project, electricity supply of bakuriani will become more safe and secure, which will assist development of tourism” – said general director of epg mikheil botsvadze.   implementation of this project will be completed by the end of 2019 and in total jsc energo-pro georgia will invest 6,200,000 gel.

management of jsc energo-pro georgia summoned operations results of 2018.   in 2018 company purchased 5 927 mln kw/hrs electricity and pure consumption amounted 5 891.4 mln kw/hrs. in 2018 alike in 2017 indicator of commercial losses calculates 8%. in 2018 group income amounted gel 962 mln, gel 557 mln out of which was allotted for electricity purchase, gel 147 mln was paid to the state budget, gel 100 mln was used for investment projects. company salary fund amounted gel 77 mln, gel 46 mln was allotted for the coverage of loan liabilities and other operational expenses amounted gel 35 mln. in 2019 company plans to carry out gel 110.6 mln investment. in 2018 epg maintained “bb” rating assigned by rating agency fitch ratings. mentioned rating underlines financial stability and successful operation of the company at the georgian energy sector; epg still remains one of the largest investors and employers in the country. for the purpose of electricity supply improvement, projects were carried out in low and high voltage grid. in frame of 6/10 kv network rehabilitation projects 10 751 pc poles, 553 430 m wires, 44 541 m underground cables, 572 pc transformers were installed. in the 0.4 kv network 6 407 pc poles, 503 215 m sip cables were installed. as for the new connections project, in frame of it 20872 pc poles, 735926 m sip cables, 519 690 m wires, 35723 m 6/10 kv cables, 516 pc 6/10-0.4 kv transformers were installed. also substations and transformer points were rehabilitated as well. substantial projects were implemented at hv substations batumi 1, batumi 2, batumi 3, batumi 5, megepalace, iveria, zugdidi 2, khidmaghala, akhaltsikhe, bakuriani, dusheti and lomisi. new voltage power transformers were installed at mentioned substations, 35 kv and 6 kv distribution fields were constructed, buildings of 10 kv distribution devices were repaired, new cells were installed at 10 kv distribution devices, 110 kv current transformers were installed and etc. cable line connecting batumi 2 and batumi 5 substations was constructed, construction-reconstruction of 110 kv electricity transmission line marabda 2 was carried out, also 110 kv transmission lines erge 1, moashi, tsemi 1 and chkhari were rehabilitated. scada system revision, prophilactics and testing was carried out at substations bakuriani, gudauri, kobi, larsi, poti 4, goderdzi and tetritskaro; while at substations chiatura 1, chiatura 2, chiatura 3, chiatura 4, chiatura 5, tkibuli 1, tkibuli 2 and tkibuli 3 scada system was installed and launched. kakheti energy distribution company was moved to epg ownership a year and a half ago. mentioned network was in sever condition and its rehabilitation requires serious works and resources. significant projects are being out at the service centers. the process will continue in 2019-20 years as well. in 2018 gel 6 mln investment was carried out in kakheti region. significant projects were carried out at chitakhevi, ortachala, ladjanuri and gumati hpps. company owned 15 hpps showed great performance in view of high generation indicator which amounted 1 820 mln kw/hrs. also number of successful projects were carried out at gardabani gas turbine power plant, which was the precondition for the efficient operation of the power plant. high quality customer service still remains one of the strategic priorities for the company. in this direction in 2018 number of substantial projects were implemented. customers service management program was improved. call center employees and customer service specialists undertook trainings in regulations of the sector and improvement of customers service. in frame of the energy field popularization project, students summer employment program was launched, which represents a completely new initiative and envisages recruitment of young professional cadres. mentioned project will continue in 2019 actively. „we introduced regional media representatives with our business activity report of 2018, also discussed plans for 2019. we presented number of important and successful projects which were completed in 2018, discussed improved results in different directions, also talked about deficiencies and shortcomings, which improvement is the key objective of the company. we consider that 2019 will be one of the most important years in the development of the company. number of investment projects and budget increases more.“ – said director general of jsc energo-pro georgia mikheil botsvadze. according to botsvadze company monitors ongoing legislative changes process, which implies creation of new legislative base. “we welcome implementation of european regulations and development of new market model in the country. these changes will provide maximal liberalization of the market, increase of competition and investments in the field. accordingly on the one hand we will achieve improvement of the service quality and on the other volume of investments will increase at the hpps owned by energo-pro” - remarked mikheil botsvadze.

on wednesday, november 28, jsc "energo-pro georgia" will work in an emergency regimeduring the second round of the presidential elections of georgia as it did during the first round as well. specially appointed duty groups will work in all districts within 24 hours. polling stations will have a direct connection with the duty groups. in case ofan accident or other unforeseen event that might causeelectricity shut down, technical service of the company will make a quick and operational response.also, technical equipment will be mobilized. updated list of responsible persons on duty and their contact numbers have already been sent to the central election commission. the cec representative will have direct contact with the chief dispatcher of the company. additionally, certain number of generators will be prepared in order to prevent the hindrance of election process due to an unexpected electricity shut down .

economic news agency bm.ge requested from geostatthe list of top ten companies that made the largest amount of investments in georgia in the third quarter. according to the information, "energo-pro georgia" is still in the top ten companies.   during the 9 months of 2018 jsc "energo-pro georgia" has invested gel 34, 4 million for the development of the network. in addition, by the end of the 3rd quarter the company has invested gel 20.7 million, which projects are planned to be completed in the nearest future.   "energo-pro georgia has been working in georgia since 2007 and since then almost every year is among the country's top ten investors. this is a proof that the company is successful and efficiently operates in the country. in order to develop a high, low and medium voltage network, in accordance with the agenda, the implementation of the investment projects is underway, "- saiddirector general of “energo-pro georgia"mikheil botsvadze.   from the time of its entrance to georgian energy market, the company is also almost every year in the list top ten employers. currently, up to 6 thousand employees wwork at  "energo-pro georgia".

ambrolauri service center of jsc energo-pro georgia has a new electrician for already a month. giorgi arveladze born in 2000 has been working at the company since november 6. “at a glance employing a person is a very ordinary thing, if we do not take into account his age. in view of the fact that there is a deficit of the young professional energy specialists in the country, it is worth mentioning that 18 years old young man already works as an electrician. ” – said director general of epg mikheil botsvadze.   before employment giorgi arveladze undertook 3 months training at the company, where he studed all those practical and theoretical skills required for electrician, giorgi is still at the stage of the experience gathering, therefore he does only the work that is safe to the maximum.   epg will help giorgi to take exams at ambrolauri vocational school as soon as it is possible to study this profession there and as they say it will happen soon, he will start studing and will improve his professional knowledge.  

during the tourist season, when a large number of people gather at resorts, safety rules become especially important, which must be observed in the vicinity of power transmission lines, substations or any other energy facility. in case of unauthorized entry or approach to energy protection zones, it is possible to endanger human life! therefore, the population in such places must follow the existing safety rules. it is not allowed for the population to touch the cable lines on the ground, in canals, wells, because they are under operating voltage and approaching them is life threatening! in addition, it is prohibited to stop all types of transport and agricultural technique under power lines, arrange hay bins, stack firewood and other materials, start fires and deploy field camps. swimming and fishing in air-line protection zones are life threatening because the voltage is invisible and dangerous. if the wire tears, it is not allowed to approach it. also, this is a concern for parents, because children playing near open wires is life-threatening! if there is any emergency or dangerous situation in the electrical wiring, such as torn and falling wires, falling poles, approaching the ground surface by wires, strong sparks, fires, etc., the relevant service center of jsc "energo-pro georgia" or hot line should be immediately notified.