Young specialists of the System Operator are silver medalists of the "CASE-IN" qualifying stage

The team of JSC SO UES Energia Baikal, which included young employees of the branches of the operational zone of the Siberian Federal University, took 2nd place in the qualifying stage of the League of Young Specialists of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" in the Siberian Federal District.

In the qualifying stage, which was held online, 12 teams met – young specialists from companies in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, the nuclear industry and related industries, as well as educational institutions of higher education.

The Baikal Energy team includes employees of the regional dispatch centers of the operational zone of the Siberian Federal University: Ivan Reutsky (Irkutsk RDU, senior dispatcher), Oleg Konovalov (Buryat RDU, leading specialist of the Energy Modes, Balances and Development Service), Alexander Stryapunin (Buryat RDU, leading specialist of the Operational Dispatch Service) and Anastasia Firsova (Buryat RDU, Chief Specialist of the Electrical Modes Service).

The participants had to solve a case study – a real practical task on the unified theme of the competition "Sustainable development in the post-covid period." The teams were given ten days to complete the work.

The UES of Russia became the object of research of the Siberian team of the System Operator. The participants analyzed the current state of the energy sector and the key factors that had the greatest impact on the work of JSC SO UES and the entire electric power complex of the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. The team proposed a set of technological and organizational solutions to overcome the negative effects of the pandemic and developed a project to implement changes that contribute to the sustainable development of the energy system.

The case presented by the team was highly appreciated by the expert commission, which included representatives of various companies in the energy sector, including the Head of the Market Support Service of the Branch of JSC SO UES An ODE to Siberia by Ivan Voronov. The expert commission is headed by Irina Borovskaya, Associate Professor at St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University named after V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin), head of the INPROTECH case laboratory.

Following the results of the project defense, Fedor Gerasimov, member of the Expert Council, Head of the Department for Improving the Efficiency of Business Processes at Gazpromneft-Yamal LLC, noted the high level of elaboration and clarity of the report presented by the Baikal Energy team.

Team captain Ivan Reutsky noted: "Participation in the competitions allowed us to gain additional knowledge in the field of the development strategy of the electric power industry and the Russian electric grid complex, learn more about digitalization activities and other priority areas of the industry, and expand our understanding of the prospects and directions of the development of the UES of Russia."

In May, the team will participate in the finals of the championship, which will traditionally be held in Moscow and will bring together the best youth teams of Russian fuel and energy companies.

The CASE-IN International Engineering Championship is an international competition system for solving engineering cases for schoolchildren, students and young specialists in the fuel and energy and mineral resource complexes, the nuclear industry and related industries. The project is part of the Russia – Land of Opportunity platform and is being implemented in accordance with the Action Plan aimed at popularizing the Working and Engineering Professions, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 366-r dated March 5, 2015.

Since 2018, the Championship has been implemented using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society provided by the Presidential Grants Fund. In 2019, the Championship entered the TOP 15 Olympiads in the world according to the rating agency RAEX (RAEX Analytics).

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