The ROSSETI Center team is in the final of the CASE-IN: how Russian engineers conquer the international arena

The Yarenergo team will represent Russia in the final of the League of Young CIS Specialists of the International Engineering CASE-IN Championship. At the crucial competition of the season, employees of the ROSSETI Center branch of PJSC intend not only to successfully present their project, but also to exchange experiences with colleagues from foreign countries and gain prospects for developing career paths. 

The final of the CIS League of Young Professionals, which is being held for the fourth time in 2026, will bring together representatives of the largest industry companies from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Russia on May 18-23. The participants will present to the experts solutions to the case on the main theme of the XIV season "Technologies of the Future": the organizers asked them to prepare innovative approaches to life cycle management of engineering and industrial projects that combine the principles of circular economy, technological sovereignty and environmental responsibility, as well as promising future integration in the CIS.

The honor of representing Russia in the final fell to two teams. Among them is Yarenergo, whose history of participation in the championship can be described as a "roller coaster": in 2023, young specialists won the bronze medal of the REN Cup, a year later they took last place in the qualifying stage and failed to reach the finals, and in 2025 they became winners in the main CASE–IN season.

"In last year's victorious final, we presented a project to create seals for recording destructive electromagnetic effects on metering devices. – said the captain of the team Ilya Skaldutsky. "Our project is unique and has no analogues in the world. Among the strengths of the project is the ubiquity of the use of such seals on all electronic metering devices, of which there are more than 2 billion worldwide, and the annual growth of the market for such metering devices is more than 7%."

The CASE-IN experts noted that the success of the team was ensured by a detailed study of the essence of the case and the complete completion of the task. "We have distributed the roles: someone is good at calculations, someone is good at presentation, someone knows how to critically evaluate solutions in a limited time. Everyone took responsibility for their own block of work. As a result, teamwork helped to bypass strong rivals.", – Ilya shares.

Representing Russia on the international stage is a huge responsibility for the employees of PJSC ROSSETI Center. They admitted that the main goal is not just to take a prize, but to adequately present the Russian engineering school and their development.   

"Our ideas are universal and can work for the benefit of the entire energy system. We expect to gain a completely new experience from the competition through the exchange of knowledge with young specialists from other countries., – Ilya Skaldutsky noted. – Every country, every economy, and every industry has its own specifics and unique established problem-solving practices. It is interesting to find out how the issues we are familiar with are solved in other countries, and then evaluate the possibility of using them in the Russian energy system." 

The company's management actively supports the team, considering the engineering championship as an investment in human resources. "We were given time to prepare and a platform to discuss the project, as well as help with the preparation of the video presentation. We always feel a reliable shoulder behind us", – emphasized the captain of the team. 

Participation in the CASE-IN became a springboard for the career growth of young power engineers: thanks to the project, they managed to get into the personnel reserve of the company.. "The championship has improved our skills in public speaking, the ability to work in a stressful situation, and project presentation. The main effect is the development of competencies and the acquisition of knowledge that goes beyond the scope of work responsibilities.", – the finalists talked about the advantages of the project.

In the final, the employees of PJSC ROSSETI Center intend to build on their success and compete for the main prizes of the year – opportunities to expand their career prospects and implement the presented solution in production. 

We would like to add that the organizers of the League of Young CIS Specialists are the Reliable Shift Foundation and the International Union of Instrument Makers and Information and Telecommunication Technology Specialists with the support of the Executive Committee of the Electric Power Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo), the Russian Energy Agency The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation.