Irkutsk students met with a representative of the company on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the System Operator

At the Institute of Energy of IRNTU, students met with a representative of the Branch of JSC "System Operator of the Unified Energy System" (JSC "SO UES") "Regional Dispatching Department of the Energy System of the Irkutsk Region" (Irkutsk RDU), Head of the Department of Energy Regimes and Balances Vladimir Kornilov.

JSC SO UES is a partner of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN". Students of Irkutsk National Research Technical University annually take part in a prestigious project, demonstrating their innovative solutions to the industry community and winning prizes.

The specialist told the students about the Irkutsk energy System and about the branch of the System Operator, Irkutsk RDU, which performs the functions of operational dispatch management of the region's energy system.

According to a representative of the System Operator, in the current autumn-winter period, the record values of maximum power consumption in the Irkutsk region were updated four times – twice in December and twice in February.

Vladimir Kornilov stressed that previously the historical maximum power consumption in the regional energy system was reached back in the Soviet period – in 1989 and amounted to 8664 MW. The new historical maximum recorded on February 14 was 9111 MW. The functioning of the energy system remained stable during the peak period, in part due to the extensive work carried out by the System Operator in preparation for the 2021/2022 OPP. Irkutsk RDU specialists carried out calculations of the predicted maximum power consumption in advance and provided the necessary reserve of power generation equipment during the passage of peaks.

During the live communication, the students asked many questions, showing genuine interest in the work of the power system dispatcher and the tasks performed by the System Operator. In order to show future power engineers the work of the dispatching center for energy system management, representatives of the Irkutsk RDU and the Institute of Energy agreed to organize an excursion to the Irkutsk RDU after the normalization of the epidemiological situation. It is planned that the meeting will take place within the framework of events dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the System Operator, which will be celebrated on June 17, 2022.

Vladimir Kornilov introduced the students to the main milestones of the organization of the national operational dispatch control system, which celebrated its centenary last year. The All-Russian Student Energy Quiz, organized by the System Operator in December 2021, was dedicated to this event, which was attended by 264 students from 26 Russian universities. The quiz included 35 questions on the history and modernity of operational dispatch management, the Russian and global electric power industry.

Students of Tomsk Polytechnic University Ruslan Imankulov and Mikhail Chernobrov took the first and second places in the operational area of the Siberian Federal University. In third place is IRNTU student Daria Shagdyr, who was awarded a commemorative prize and a diploma of the winner of the All-Russian Student Energy Visa by Vladimir Kornilov.

Vadim Fedchishin, Director of the Institute of Energy, also congratulated Daria Shagdyr on winning a prize in the All-Russian Energy Visa and thanked the System Operator for the cooperation, which contributes to improving the quality of training specialists for the electric power industry.

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