Samruk-Energy completed load transfer project from Gorniy Gigant substation to Yermensay modernized substation

22.02.19 16:23
/KASE, February 22, 2019/ – Samruk-Energy (Astana), whose bonds are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following statement: quote The threat of emergencies and power outage has been fully eliminated in the city of Almaty. Alatau Zharyk Company JSC, an organization, which is part of the Almaty Power Complex of Samruk-Energy electric power holding company, completed load transfer project from Gorniy Gigant substation to Yermensay modernized substation. Let us remind that the Gorniy Gigant substation located in the upper piedmont part of the city supplied power to residential and industrial facilities of Bostandyk, Medeu, parts of Auezov and Talgar Districts of the city of Almaty. This electricity generating plant is one of the oldest ones in the city. Besides, all possibilities for connecting new consumers to the facility due to maximum available load of transformers have been used up. In 2016, Investment and Innovations Committee and the Management Board of Samruk-Energy approved implementation of the investment stage of the project in order to secure reliable supply of electrical power and to prevent emergencies. Total cost ofconstruction amounted to KZT6.7 bn. unquote More details are available on KASE website – - http://kase.kz/files/emitters/SNRG/snrg_reliz_220219_kz.pdf – in Kazakh; - http://kase.kz/files/emitters/SNRG/snrg_reliz_220219.pdf – in Russian. [2019-02-22]