Contents

I. History of DTEK
II. History of the enterprises

• Pavlogradugol
• Pershotravensky REP
• Komsomolets Donbassa Mine
• Pavlogradskaya CEP
• Kurakhovskaya CEP
• Mospinskoye CEP
• Dobropolskaya CEP
• Oktyabrskaya CEP
• Vostokenergo
  • Zuyevskaya TPP
  • Kurakhovskaya TPP
  • Luganskaya TPP
• Dneproenergo
  • History of rehabilitation process
• Energougol ENE
• Service-Invest
• Ukrelektrosetstroy
• Energoproekt
• Elektronaladka
• Sotsis
• Sotsugol 
• Service Enterprise
  
  
  I. History of DTEK 

Beginning

The Enterprises of DTEK first merged into an Association in 2002. At that time, the 15 enterprises comprising a logical chain from coal production and processing to electricity generation and supply entered the Association. At the time of its creation, the core of the DTEK Association comprised of Vostokenergo Power Generation Company, Service-Invest Electricity-Supply Company and Komsomolets Donbassa Mine. The companies dealing with scientific work, the design and implementation of various innovative and environmental projects in the power engineering area as well as social sphere enterprises were the important links in the production chain.
 
Business co-ordination and ensuring the availability of highly efficient production conditions for Donbass region’s fuel & energy companies became the goals of the voluntary non-profit association. Such an amalgamation enabled the representatives of the companies and their management to set up a positive exchange of experiences, opinions and co-ordinate actions in the market.

Growth 

The integration of the companies enabled each member of the Association to attain dynamic growth and impressive achievements. After transformation into a joint-stock company and, already being within the DTEK Association, Komsomolets Donbassa mine was up and running at full capacity for the first time since Ukrainian independence. The annual growth of the marketable output exceeded 500 thousand tons. Luganskaya TPP, being a part of Vostokenergo, was able to reach a positive electricity cross-flow balance in the Lugansk Region for the first time in almost ten years and by doing so, it showed the high potential of the current regional fuel & energy industry under efficient management. Service-Invest, an electricity supply company, substantially revamped its equipment pool, including electricity meters – by 87% and, secured the lowest electricity losses in the industry. 
 
In July 2004, another large member entered the coal production and processing block: GKhK Pavlogradugol joined the DTEK Association. The privatization of the enterprise made it possible to pay salary debts in a two month period, and by the end of 2004, to settle the social payment debt. By the end of 2005, the total investments in the group of companies had reached UAH 134 m, the coal production plan had been over-fulfilled and the coal ash content indicators had also improved.
 
At the same time, there was an objective necessity to establish a structure to be more efficient than the Association and to transfer certain business process management functions to a single centre.
 
Development

In 2004, in order to improve the efficiency of the operations of the energy business and to create a transparent system of management of the assets of DTEK, a public statement was issued concerning the foundation of the management company – DTEK Corporation – the first private vertically-integrated company in Ukraine. DTEK Corporation was officially registered on the 6th of July 2005.
 
Resulting from the foundation of DTEK into a format of a corporation, a single centre of responsibility for financial and production results was created; unified management processes were introduced and the vertical integration of the enterprises of DTEK was completed, which would become a guarantee of success in the energy business.
 
On February 16, 2006, at a presentation held in the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Kiev, the management of SCM and DTEK announced the completion of the formation of the company structure, created for managing the energy assets of the SCM Group.
 
While delivering a speech in the course of the presentation, Maxim Timchenko, the CEO of DTEK, stated: ‘The strategy of DTEK’s development for the years to come stipulates improvement in the efficiency of corporate development, optimization of its main business processes and introduction of the most up-to-date production and information technologies. They are all the prerequisites which will enable DTEK to take the leading position in the fuel & energy market of Ukraine’.

Present

Currently, DTEK enterprises masterfully set the pace in the Ukrainian market.
 
According to the performance indicators from 2008, the coal-mining enterprises of DTEK have produced 17.6 m tons of coal, which totals 22.6% of total Ukrainian coal output. The increase in the coal output by DTEK enterprises in 2008 totaled 11.4 % year-on-year. In 2008, the generation branch of the Company maintained the high level of electricity supply. Despite a large-scale upgrading, involving scheduled shutdown of two power units, Vosktokenergo retains the leadership among national thermal generation companies, having an electricity output share of 25.4%. The power supply enterprises of DTEK increased electricity transmission up to 13.5 TWh, resulting in growth of 1.3 TWh on a year-on-year basis. As of 2008, the share of electricity purchase from the Wholesale Electricity Market has grown by 1.1%, being 6.5% of the total amount of marketable electricity supply in Ukraine.
 
DTEK is an example of the introduction of the best European principles into energy market reform. Vertical integration enables us to make the energy business more efficient and thus raising its value. Owing to a correct investment policy, continuous upgrades of equipment and the high quality of used coal, the Company has achieved increased reliability and manoeuvrability of the TPPs and reduced specific consumption of fuel for electricity generation.
 
DTEK has worked out a long-term strategy for the development of the enterprises controlled by the Company with the aim to ensure their dynamic growth within the Company’s framework.
 
DTEK, following best international practices, presented the strategy of its business development until 2012 in Kiev on the 28th of March 2007. DTEK has disclosed its major strategic objective - to become the largest Ukrainian energy company. In order to attain the main strategic goal for the period ending in 2012, the Company plans to:
 
- ensure steady upward growth in value of its current assets;
- create a stable vertically-integrated business having a diversified asset portfolio;
- improve the key performance indicators of its assets to the level of the leading European peers.
 
The key factors to contribute to the attainment of the company’s strategic goals for the period ending in 2012 will be:

• LEADERSHIP (the company will maintain and improve its leading position in the Ukrainian electricity market).
• STABILITY (the company will preserve the vertically-integrated structure of its assets and plans to get the maximum use out of the synergy of its business units).
• EFFICIENCY (the company will use a set of operational improvements in order to optimize production costs, increase income and improve the quality of its management).
• GROWTH (the company will consider participation in the privatization of energy assets in Ukraine and will be reviewing the development of new areas of business).

For each one of its major production blocks (coal production, electricity generation and supply) the Company has set strategic objectives for the next 5 years, enabling it to preserve its leading position and to create all conditions for its business growth and development.

Maxim Timchenko, the CEO of DTEK, communicated the following at the press conference in Kiev: ‘We believe that our business will equally compete with leading European energy companies in due course. DTEK’s successful development will guarantee the energy security of this country. Our confidence is not just based on our ambitions but rather on our appraisal and deep analysis of both the current situation and the future of fuel and energy industries in Ukraine and other countries throughout the world’
 
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II. History of the enterprises

 
 
Pavlogradugol

Past 

The history of one of the largest coal mining Ukrainian enterprises – Pavlogradugol – started in the 1960s of the last century. In January 1665, the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR resolved to set up a trust Pavlogradugol based on two operating mines in the Western Donbass – Pershotravneva mine and Ternovskaya mine. Later, the trust was reorganized into a Production Association, incorporating 11 mines that had been constructed in the region over 20 years. In 1989, Pavlogradugol’s production broke a record of more than 14 m ton.

Since 1991, due to the economic crisis in the country and, in particular, in the mining industry, the output and tunnelling levels were dramatically decreased in Production Association. In 1997, Pavlogradugol mined only 8.4 m tons.
 
Pershotravneva mine was closed. Its un-mined reserves were transferred to Yubileynaya mine. In 1998, the volume of permanent roadways driven declined to the level of 1970-1971. The turning point was in 1998 when Western Donbass miners went on strike heading for Kiev. State subsidies for the Ministry of Coal were resumed and, in 2000, the government settled some miners’ wage arrears. The next year, Pavlogradugol’s output soared to 11 m tons and tunnelling to 100 km per year.

In June 2004, Avdeyevka Coke By-Product Plant acquired the ownership of Pavlogradugol Holding Company’s assets. The same year, Pavlogradugol was incorporated in DTEK thus beginning a significant stage of the enterprise’s development and success. 
 
Present 

At present, Pavlogradugol operates 10 mines, 9 branches and 4 structural units. The Holding is the largest and, due to efficient management, the most productive coal mining company in Ukraine. In July 2007, within the restructuring of the SCM Group business, a stake in Pavlogradugol owned by Avdeyevka Coke By-Product Plant (Metinvest Group) was transferred to DTEK . All investment commitments under the Pavlogradugol share purchase agreement were also transferred to DTEK.

Introduction of advanced technologies has significantly improved the quality of coal supplied to thermal power plants and coke-chemical plants. The keystone of the successful operation of Pavlogradugol has become a development concept elaborated by the owner which includes upgrade of production, application of up-to-date operation management methods, and improvement in safety. The promising direction of development of Pavlogradugol is the introduction of roadway roof bolting technology and plough cutting of coal, as well as introduction of highly efficient foreign mining equipment. Pavlogradugol’s coal output in 2008 totalled 14.16 m tons; the Holding increased its share in the total Ukrainian market of coal production up to 18.2%. The tunnellers of Pavlogradugol tunnelled 106 847 running meters of stripping and development mine workings.

The Holding pays special attention to the issues of improving the labour safety management system (SMS). In October 2008, as a result of the pre-certification audit, Bureau Veritas Ukraine concluded that Pavlogradugol’s safety management system was in compliance with all requirements of OHSAS 18001:2007 standard and was ready for corresponding certification.
A ‘Collective Agreement’ in terms of the obligations undertaken by the Company is considered a unique one for a Ukrainian coal mining industry. These are some of the social obligations undertaken by the Company as regards its former and present employees.

Pavlogradugol provides disabled workers, pensioners and labour and war veterans with free household fuel. For Company’s employees who live in houses with central heating and other persons entitled to household fuel the Company compensate costs for gas and electricity. Upon old age or long service retirement, an employee is paid a lump sum benefit to the amount of between one to three average monthly salaries depending on length of service. The Collective Agreement also stipulates compensation for job-related injuries. Casualties are paid a financial sum to the amount of one minimum salary. Disabled workers of the first and second disability groups who became disabled at Pavlogradugol’s enterprises get their apartments refurbished once per five years.

Pavlogradugol supports, also financially, the Society of Disabled Workers of the Holding. The administration pays for their equipment, premises and communications on a non-refundable basis.

One more important social guarantee is provision with recreation vouchers at a reduced cost. The employees, retired workers and disabled workers of the enterprise and families and children of the victims of fatalities purchase the vouchers for recreation and medical treatment at health resorts at 10% cost; the vouchers for a wife (husband) not working for the Company are granted at 30% of full cost. Under the Collective Agreement, young workers of Pavlogradugol can take an interest-free loan with a five year maturity period to purchase an apartment. Also the Company can be a guarantor in the bank for obtaining a mortgage credit.

Pavlogradugol, as all the companies incorporated in DTEK, implements the Programme of social partnership with the cities and regions of Company’s presence. In 2008 more than UAH3 m were allocated for the programmes facilitating the improvement of living standards in three towns – Pavlograd, Ternovka, Pershotravensk, and two districts – Pavlogradskiy district and Petropavlovskiy district. Using the funds allocated within the framework of the Social Partnership Declaration, Pavlograd carried out refurbishment in the premises of the children's service of the municipal hospital no.1, as well as purchased some modern computer and multimedia equipment for town schools. In Ternovka, the building of the Children’s Creativity Centre underwent a major overhaul. In Pershotravensk, the implementation of the ‘Solid Household Waste Collection, Transportation, Recycling and Disposal Programme’ continued. Within its framework the town bought waste containers meeting European standards for separate waste collection. The nourishment facilities of twelve schools in Petropavlovskiy district were supplied with electric cookers, and the central district hospital obtained a photofluorograph and electric cooker as well.

Comprehensive social policy and implementation of the measures to increase labour safety have become key factors of the Company’s successful performance and are integral parts of its long-term development strategy.
 
To date, Pavlogradugol is a steadily operating enterprise with good prospects. The owner considers the coal mining holding to be one of its core assets which is why funds are being invested in its development. In 2008, DTEK has invested about UAH1 bn in coal mining at Pavlogradugol’s mines, which is 80% above the investment 2007 (UAH 551 m and 355 thousand). These funds were used for the purchase of new mining equipment (8 shearers and 11 tunnellers, 18 drag conveyors and reloaders, 23 belt conveyors), improvement of the labour conditions and performance of the safety requirements and social programmes. Taxes, fees and other compulsory payments are paid by Pavlogradugol on time and in full. Payments for resources and other payments to the local budget are made in advance. In general, it facilitates not only the achievement of high and stable financial and economic performance indicators of the coal mining enterprises but also resolves the majority of the social and economic problems of the region. 
 
Management 

Since July 2006, Pavlogradugol has been headed by Nikolay Tishchenko. Before he headed a leading Ukrainian coal mining enterprise, Mr. Tishchenko had worked in one of the largest Russian coal mining enterprises – Vorkutaugol (the Komi Republic, the city of Vorkuta) incorporated in Severstal Holdings.

Nikolay Tishchenko graduated from Kuzbas Polytechnic Institute. He is a certified Mining Engineer. He completed a post-graduate course at the Central Scientific Research Institute of Economy and Technical Information of the RF Ministry of Coal. From 1976-2006, while working in Vorkutaugol, he rose from position of foreman to director of several mines of the Holding and the Production Director.

In 2006, Mr. Tishchenko topped the All-Ukraine Branch Rating ‘GVardia Rukovoditeley’ (Vanguard of Executives) which is a rating of the most successful chief executives in the mining sector.

Nikolay Tishchenko was born on December 4, 1949, in Prokopyevsk town, Kemerovo Region. He is married and has two children. 
  
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Pershotravensky Repair and Engineering Plant

Past

In October 1968, the Central Energy Engineering Workshop (CEEW) of Pavlogradugol with the designed capacity of gross production amounting to 2.2m roubles per year was commissioned. The total area of the workshop was 10 983 m². In 1975, CEEW was renamed Pershotravensky Repair and Engineering Plant. The company implemented major overhauls of different types of mining equipment and manufactured spares, arch supports from heavy elements, welded fabricated metals, tailor-made equipment for all mines in Pavlogradugol.

In 1993, on the back of an economic and financial downturn in Ukraine, the plant increased the manufacturing of КА-80 shearers and in general the total amount of saleable products.

In 2004, the repair and engineering plant as a unit of Pavlogradugol became a part of DTEK, which gave an impetus to its development. It resumed the manufacture of arch roof supports, wire products, and almost doubled the production of castings.

Present

In January 2006, Pershotravensky Repair and Engineering Plant merged with Pavlogradsky Unit for Assembly, Disassembly and Repair of Mining Equipment. Since August 1, 2006, the enterprise has had a new status — Pershotravensky Repair and Engineering Plant Ltd. and a subsidiary of Pavlogradugol.

Thanks to the development concept designed by DTEK, which envisages the upgrade of equipment, application of advance operations management methods, the plant has been successfully progressing. The prospective area for Pershotravensky REP development is repairs of mining equipment.

In 2008, the plant met its annual target to 113.5%; sold goods to UAH202.3m; repaired over 1200 pieces of KD-80 roof supports; mastered the manufacture of new goods. In 2009, it is planning to further expand the range of equipment it can repair.

Management

Petr Borovoy, who was earlier in charge of Pavlogradugol’s Division on Mining Equipment Manufacture and Major Overhauls, has been running the plant since 2006.

Petr Borovoy graduated from Vakhrushev Mining Institute of Sverdlov city as Mining Electrical Engineer. From 1979 he worked at the mines of Pavlogradugol as Master Mechanic, Section Head, Chief Power Engineer.

Born on February 12, 1947 in the village of Maydan, Gorno-Mariyskiy District of the Mary-El Republic (Russia). Married, has two sons.

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Komsomolets Donbassa Mine

Past 

Construction of Komsomolets Donbassa Mine, the biggest Ukrainian thermal coal producer, started in 1974. 1980 is considered to be the year of the mine’s foundation. In the course of construction its name was Zhdanovskaya-Kapitalnaya #1. Afterwards it was re-named into Komsomolets Donbassa in honour of young communists who constructed it. 300 specialists were awarded state awards for their participation in the mine construction. In such a way the government emphasized the importance of this event for development of the Ukrainian coal industry.

Since 1982, the mine have been performing and over-performing the state tasks, increasing the output steadily. In 1983, Komsomolets Donbassa mined 1 m and 394 thou.tons, in 1990 – 2 m and 228 thou. tons.

In 1992, Komsomolets Donbassa became the first independent mine in Ukraine subordinated directly to the State Coal Committee. As an experiment, the entity was reformed into an open joint-stock company in July 1996. In 2001, for the first time in the history of the Ukrainian coal industry, the controlling stake representing 61.25% of the charter capital was offered for open competitive bidding. Avdeyevka Coke and Chemical Plant became Komsomolets Donbassa’s new owner.

In 2002, the mine was incorporated in DTEK. The same year, the mine designed capacity (2 m and 100 thou. tons) was reached. Since then, the enterprise has been showing the stable growth of indicators. The Management Company considers it to be one of its most promising enterprises. Large-scale equipment upgrade and reconstruction projects are successfully implemented here. This made it possible for Komsomolets Donbassa’s miners to break a record in tunnelling in 2004 – 21 km, which is 2.6 times more than in 2000. In 2005, two coal winders were replaced in the mine without production stoppage. That year, the enterprise mined 2.5 m tons of high-quality thermal coal. 

Present 

In 2006, a rock winder was replaced and a unique Czech shearer was commissioned at Komsomolets Donbassa mine. For the first time in the mine’s history it mined 3 m tons of coal for the year and became one of the top three coal-producing mines in the country.

In 2006, DTEK allocated more than UAH 51 m for investment programmes of the mine. In 2007, over UAH 118 m was invested, and in 2008 investments totalled UAH 196.5 m. Upon 2008 results, the coal output of Komsomolets Donbassa mine reached 3.4 million tons.

On January 31, 2006, DTEK developed and approved the new degassing system project for Komsomolets Donbassa Mine. The project is being implemented by three key lines: upgrade of the gas drainage pipework (the pipes are replaced for pipes of a bigger diameter), efficient gas utilization for generation of thermal and electric power, and possible company’s participation in emission reduction units (ERU) transfer and sale within the framework of the Kyoto Protocol. It is assumed that captured gas will be processed by container-type thermal power plants and generated thermal power will be sold to external consumers. Methane will be also utilized for operation of the mine boiler house during heating seasons. During warm seasons methane will be fired in utilization plants.
 
In 2007, more than UAH 7.5 m was allocated for the project implementation, in 2008, it was over UAH 18 m. The above funds were used for equipment purchase and pipework installation in mine workings. Early 2009, a tender for buying emission reduction units within the Kyoto Protocol was announced. 

Management

Artur Martovytskyi is the General Director of Komsomolets Donbassa Mine. Before he assumed this office, Mr Martovytskyi had worked at this enterprise as First Deputy General Director, Director of Technical Division. He is not a newcomer for the Company: from 2007 Mr Martovytskyi was running Yubileynaya mine of Pavlogradugol (DTEK).

Artur Martovytskyi has vast experience in the coal mining industry. He started as Mining Foreman at a First Working Section of Bazhanova mine (Makeevka). In 1988, Mr Martovytskyi was appointed Head of First Working Section. Later he was holding the positions of Company’s Chief Engineer and Director.
 
From February 2007, he was the head of Division for Enterprises under Construction at Zarechnaya Mine (Kuzbass, Siberia), Donetskstal concern.

In 1986, Artur Martovytskyi graduated from the Stratified Deposit Development and Mine Construction Faculty of Moscow Mining Institute, majoring in Construction of Underground Structures and Mines, with the diploma of Mining Construction Engineer.

In 2005-2006, he completed a postgraduate course at Dnepropetrovsk Mining Academy. He defended his thesis Substantiation of Method Parameters to Ensure the Stability of Development Entries Subject to Significant Bed Rock Deformations (Bazhanova Mine Case) and was awarded the degree of Candidate of Science (a first post-graduate scientific degree awarded for a dissertation).

Full Companion of Badges of Honour ‘Miner’s Glory’ and ‘Miner’s Virtue’. Awarded the Order of Merit, III Degree, and Lomonosov Medal.

Artur Martovytskyi was born on June 16, 1964, in the city of Makeevka, Donetsk Region. He is married and has a daughter.
 
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 Pavlogradskaya CEP 

Past 

In 1962, the Council of Ministers of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics made the decision on the construction of an enrichment plant in the coal basin of Western Donbass. The plant was designed to enrich coal of G and DG grades produced by the mines of Pavlogradugol production enterprise. The plant received the status of the All-Soviet Union Komsomol top-priority project. Therefore in 1974, Pavlogradskaya Coal Enrichment plant was commissioned (at that time it was called Zapadno-Donbasskaya CEP No1) with rated capacity of 5.2 m tons of coal per year, which at that time made this CEP the largest in Europe.

Regardless of the large scale of the project and the attention paid by top authorities of the State, the coal properties being processed were not taken into consideration when the plant was designed and due to a lack of construction specialists and a shortage of some units and mechanisms, Zapadno-Donbasskaya CEP was commissioned by the State with the ‘list of unfinished works’. They had to be finished in the process of operation but the plant still could not reach the designed capacity.

After research was carried out and ‘bottlenecks’ revealed, the institutes UkrNIIugleobogaschenie, Yuzhgiproshakht, DGI as well as the production enterprises Pavlogradugol and Donetskugleobogaschenie developed a programme to achieve the designed capacity of the enrichment plant. They were supplemented and amended based on raw material research results and technological processes, taking into consideration scientific and technical achievements.

During the period of its existence, the plant has been constantly improved. Further equipment upgrade became possible after Pavlogradskaya CEP joined DTEK in 2005. 
 
Present

Currently, process automation is being introduced at the plant, the equipment is being upgraded and additional facilities are being constructed. The plans of CEP prospective development provide for the reconstruction of tailings storage, installation of an additional building for primary sludge enrichment and other programmes facilitating the plant’s development.
 
Management 

Since 2008, Pavlogradskaya CEP is managed by Andrey Kadyrov.

Andrey Kadyrov started his career in 1995 as an electric lines repair electrician at Makeevka Kirova Steel Mill. Later, he worked as a foreman of main production at the state enterprise ‘Anthracite’. In 2000 he became the foreman of main production at Kolosnikovskaya CEP, and in 2002 he was appointed the head of main production at this enterprise. In 2003 he was appointed deputy chief engineer. In 2006 he was transferred to the position of the principal specialist of DTEK’s control and revision service.

A. Kadyrov was appointed to CEP Pavlogradskaya as the chief engineer in 2007 and in 2008 he was appointed the director of the enterprise.

In 1999, he graduated from Donetsk State Technical University with an ‘Accountant-Finance Specialist’ degree. In 2000, he graduated from the same University with an ‘Enrichment Engineer’ degree.

A. Kadyrov was born on 27.05.1977 in Makeevka (Donetsk region). 
    
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Kurakhovskaya CEP 

Past 

Kurakhovskaya coal enrichment plant was built under a design developed by the French firm PIC and the DneproGiproShakht institute. The plant was commissioned in September 1963. Over 4 years the company did not manage to reach its designed annual productive capacity, so in January 1968, by a resolution of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic it was assigned to process anthracites produced by the Torezanthracite and Shakhtyorskanthracite companies, and since January 1975 by Sverdlovskanthracite.

Following its anthracite-based performance, since 1977, the plant’s productive capacity has been set 2m 600 thou. tonnes for ROM coal processing. Since July 1982, by a resolution of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR, the plant has been switched to prepare D, DG and G grade coals.

Kurakhovskaya processes coal to obtain coal concentrate, which goes to thermal power plants. The enrichment method is wet. Raw material for CEP is coals of Gr (gaseous run-of-mine) and DGr (long-flame gaseous run-of-mine) grades, which are supplied by Pavlogradugol’s mines.
 
Present

After joining DTEK in 2006, the coal processing company has obtained a real opportunity to implement investment projects. In 2006-2008, Kurakhovskaya CEP implemented projects of great importance for the enterprise: retrofitting of a 6 kV indoor switchgear in the substation building, retrofitting of 6 kV high voltage transmission lines #1, 2 from the district substation to the plant, replacement of a slime water pipe from a slime tank to a sludge pond, re-equipment of the distribution point at the terminal station. During the projects implementation, equipment of the French manufacture that had been in service over 40 years was replaced; some buildings and structures underwent a major overhaul; obsolete pumps, sieve and gantry crane were replaced. This makes it possible to increase productive capacities and reduce the equipment break-down rate.
 
Currently, the productive capacity of Kurakhovskaya CEP is 2.1m tonnes of coal per year.

Management

Alexey Sergeevich Kurakov was appointed the Director of Kurakhovskaya CEP on June 3, 2009.
 
Alexey Kurakov started his career as a forwarder in EXPOtrade Ltd in 2000. At the same time he was a student of Donetsk National Technical University, Economics and Management Department, and majored in ‘Accounting and Audit’. In 2004 he was appointed the Director of Investment Company Ltd., in May 2005 given the position of the Chairman of the Board of Energougol CJSC, in August 2005 he became the Director General of UkrAktiv Ltd., and since June 2006 he’s been working as the Director of Soyuzdon Ltd.
 
Born July 16, 1980 in Donetsk.

Married and has one child (a son).
 
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 Mospinskoye CEP 

Past

Mospinskoye CEP (previously Mospino briquette enrichment plant) was established on 01.10.2001 on the basis of Mospinskaya CEP.

The plant was designed in 1932 and constructed in 1934 by ‘Ugleobogashchenie’ trust of Donetskugol Integrated Works of the Ministry of Coal of the USSR. The enterprise was designed for the production of hard-coal briquettes to an amount of 700 thousand tons per year. The raw material base for the plant was grade T coals from the Mospino group of mines with the addition of PS grade coals from Budennovskoye Ore Company. For enrichment of high-ash coals, an enrichment shop was built at the plant. Due to the obsolescence of the technological scheme of briquetting as well as due to the wear and tear of its main equipment, Yuzhgiproshakht Institute prepared the preliminary design in 1939 and in 1941 developed the technical design of the reconstruction of the briquetting plant, which included the reconstruction of the enrichment shop. World War II did not allow implementation of this project, in October 1941, some of the equipment as well as technical and estimate documentation was taken to the Novosibirsk region and got lost. A part of the plant’s facilities was destroyed during the war. After Donbass liberation from the invaders, the briquette plant’s restoration was started. This process was accomplished by 1949.

Due to the increase of briquettes production capacity, Yuzhgiproshakht Institute developed the technical design of Mospinskaya CEP in 1953 with production capacity of 1.2 m tons per year. The plant was designed for low-sulphur T grade coals enrichment. The concentrate was intended for by-product coking industry.

In 1975, the briquette shop of Mospinskaya CEP was shut down. The plant has been switched to enrichment of high-ash coals of grade T to provide the TPPs with high-quality fuel. For this purpose the new processes have been introduced – ROM coal enrichment in jigging machines and by flotation method; the production capacity was increasing and in 1985 it made 2.2 m tons of the processed ROM coal per year.

Present

Presently, Mospinskoye CEP renders the services on processing G and DG grade thermal coal supplied by Pavlogradugol mines, using the wet enrichment method.

In 2002, Mospinskoye CEP joined DTEK. Since then, the company has been steadily increasing the processed volume: in 2002, it was 782.3 thousand tons, in 2003, 1169.9 thousand tons, and in 2005 the indicator went up to 1653 thousand tons. Due to rock slaking and the high ash content in the fine sludge of G and DG grade ROM coal at the mines of Pavlogradugol and for the purpose of saving electricity, the company mastered the process of fine sludge dehydration by means of high-speed screens in 2005.

Management

The Director of Mospinskoye CEP is Georgiy Reznichenko.

Georgiy joined Mospinskaya CEP in 1985 and the same year he was promoted to the position of the Main Operations Manager; in 1990 he was appointed Deputy Director and, in 1995, took the office of the Director of the enrichment plant.

In 1985, he graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute (degree in Mining Machines and Sets).
He was Deputy of Proletarskiy District Council of XXIV convocation in the city of Donetsk from 2002 to 2006.

He was born on June 9, 1963 in Donetsk, is married and has two children.
 
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Dobropolskaya CEP

Past

Dobropolskaya coal enrichment plant was built under a design developed by Yuzhgiproshakht. The plant was commissioned in 1952. Dobropolskaya CEP was designed to process G-grade coking coal coming from Dobropolyeugol and Krasnoarmeyskugol companies, the design capacity of ROM coal processing was 1.6 m tones per year. In 1962 Dneprgipromash institute developed the project for reconstruction of Dobropolskaya CEP, this entailed construction of a car dumper for unloading the coal for processing and commissioning of the flotation and filtration facility for fine concentrates dewatering, a sludge pond was built.

In 2002 there was introduced an automated process control system. Besides, the reconstruction carried out in 2003 – 2005 and partial replacement of equipment allowed reducing the fuel and materials consumption and starting partial enrichment of sludge.

The productive capacity of Dobropolskaya CEP is 4.5 m tonnes.

Present

After joining DTEK on October 1, 2007 Dobropolskaya CEP got the opportunity to replace obsolete equipment (centrifuges, screens, pumps, elevators). In the steam coal mode the process of ‘dry screening’ was introduced; for the sake of power saving and operational costs optimization the replacement of obsolete pump plants with Warman pumps is now carried out.

In 2008 the company processed 3.2 m tons of coal and produced 2.3 m tons of concentrate.

Management

The director of Dobropolskaya CEP is Vladimir Boyaronok.

Vladimir was born in the city of Makeevka, Donetsk Region, in 1953. In 1981 he graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute. He started his career in 1972 at Kolosnikovskaya CEP as a fitter. Then he worked as a foreman, shift master, and chief engineer. In October 2005 Vladimir started working in DTEK; since October 1, 2007 he’s been in charge of Dobropolskaya CEP.

Married, two children.

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Oktyabrskaya CEP

Past

Oktyabrskaya coal enrichment plant was built under a design prepared by the DneproGiproShakht institute and commissioned on December 30, 1961. The plant was designed to process G grade coals of Dobropolyeugol to an amount of 1.2m tones per year subject to coal ash content of 19.5% and enrichment depth of 0.5mm.

Over the years of the plant’s operation a raw material basis has significantly changed. The ash content of coals to be processed has increased to 46-48% and more and sulphur content to 3.5-4.5%. To keep high technical and economic performance of the plant, it has been technically upgraded, without being taken out of service for reconstruction purposes, and main and ancillary processes have been improved. The enrichment depth has been enhanced to 0 mm.

The installed productive capacity is 2.5m tonnes of coal per year.

Present

After joining DTEK in October 2007, the coal enrichment plant has got the opportunity to implement large-scale investment projects.

In 2008, Oktyabrskaya CEP processed 1.7m tonnes of coal and produced 1.1m tonnes of concentrate.

Management

The Director of Oktyabrskaya CEP is Konstantin Kitam, whose professional life has been devoted to coal processing.

He started his career in 1983 at Dobropolskaya CEP. Since then he rose from an electrician to the post of chief engineer. Konstantin Kitam has been the Director of Oktyabrskaya CEP since his appointment in December 2008 by a resolution of the extraordinary shareholders meeting.

Born on 13 December 1960 in the town of Novogrodovka, Donetsk Region. Married. Two children.

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Vostokenergo

Past

Vostokenergo was officially registered on December 17, 2001. It is a private generating company in the electricity sector of Ukraine.

In March 2002, Vostokenergo got a license from NERC permitting to conduct the electricity generation business. In May the same year, the energy generating company became a part of DTEK. It operates three thermal power plants: Zuyevskaya TPP and Kurakhovskaya TPP in Donetsk Region and, Luganskaya TPP in Lugansk Region.
 
Present 

The key task of all Vostokenergo’s divisions is reliable and uninterrupted electric power generation to meet the industrial demand of South-Eastern Ukraine.

The Company’s share of the total thermal power generation of Ukraine in 2008 made 25.4 %*.

The thermal power plants of Vostokenergo run on thermal coal, produced by Pavlogradugol and Komsomolets Donbassa Mine, both belonging to DTEK. The close control over raw stuff quality, its timely and full payment allowed the Company to supply its TPPs with coals of the designed quality, which made it possible to stop using natural gas and mazut for starting-up of coal combustion. Natural gas (the cost of which has been steadily going up) is fired by the plants only for units start-ups. In 2001, the power plants of Vostokenergo (yet as a part of the state-run company Donbassenergo) consumed 436.38 m cubic meters of gas, while in 2007 – 64.48 m cubic meters. In 2008, the total Vostokenergo’s gas consumption made 61.39 m cubic meters.

Over the seven years while the plants were privately run (between 2002 and 2008), USD 800 m was invested into the equipment repair, reconstruction and renewal.

The Management Company continues the introduction at TPPs of a new technical policy, aimed at improving energy equipment repair quality and its technical and economic performance. And though Vostokenergo has the lowest production cost of electricity in the industry, the generating company takes measures to further reduce it.

By the results of 2008, the Company’s ICUR (installed capacity utilization rate) made 51.8 %. The electricity supply in 2008 made up 16,788.8 m kWh. In 2008, UAH 363,699 m was allocated for the investment programmes of Vostokenergo, which is above the investment of 2007 by UAH 244,800 m. The growth of the investment amount in 2008 is explained by implementation of reconstruction of power unit 2 at Zuyevskaya TPP and power unit 5 of Kurakhovskaya TPP. 

Management

The Director General of Vostokenergo is Gennadiy Turanov, who previously held the management positions in the Kazakh representative office of the AES international energy corporation.

Gennadiy started his career in the energy sector in 1984 at Ekibastuz State District Power Plant No.1, where he worked first as an engineer, later as a foreman. He left the company in 1997 from the office of the Head of the Electric Workshop. Then, for about a year, he was running Ust-Kamenogorskaya HP. From 1998 to 2001, he was the Director General of AES Shulbinsk GES LLP.

From May 2001, Mr. Turanov was holding the office of the General Director of AES Ust-Kamenogorskaya HP JSC. In April 2005, due to the restructuring of AES Group generating companies, apart from that office, he was given the position of  Director General of AES Sogrinskaya HP LLP.

Graduated from Novosibirsk Institute of Electrical Engineering (1974 – 1979), with the diploma of Electrical Engineer.

Born on November 16, 1956 in Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Region.

Married, two children. 
 
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Zuyevskaya TPP 

Past 

As early as in 1921 when the famous GOELRO plan (the first-ever Soviet national economy plan envisaging the electrification development, prepared by the State Commission for Electrification of Russia (Russian abbreviation – GOELRO)) was being approved, great prospects were opening for a small settlement in Donbass. In 1932, Zuyevskaya State District Power Plant (ZuGRES-1) was commissioned. By 1977, ZuGRES-1, one of the largest power plants of the Soviet Union, had run out its service life and became an experimental scientific laboratory of Dzerzhinskiy All-Union Thermotechnical Institute. On September 18, 1973, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR made the decision to select a site to build a new Zuyevskaya State District Power Plant (ZuGRES-2). Its purpose was to meet the shortage of electricity capacity of Donbass grid. A milestone in the history of ZuGRES-2 is May 15, 1974, when the Resolution of the Collegium of the Ministry of Energy of the USSR approved the capacity of the future power plant - 2 400 MW. On July 7, 1975, ‘the foundation stone’ was laid on the site of future ZuGRES-2. Since then thousands employees have been writing the pages of Zuyevskaya thermal power plant’s story with their efforts. Non-arable parcels of steppe were allocated for the construction of ZuGRES-2. When developing the detail design, at the stage of site selection, there were considered five options of GRES location and three options of residential settlement layout. Under the project implemented, the power plant is located three kilometers to the north-east of ZuGRES-1 on the left bank of the river Krynka. The design of Zuyevskaya power plant with the capacity of 2 400 MW, made up by 8 power generating units of 300 MW each, was prepared by Kharkov Research and Design Institute. In compliance with the Standards of Construction Periods for Companies, Buildings and Structures (SN-440-72) and the design task, the first generating unit was scheduled for commissioning in 1979, the next two in 1980, three units in 1981 and the last two in 1982.

The equipment for the power plant under construction was of domestic manufacture: turbines were from Kharkov Turbine Plant; generators were from Kharkov Electromechanical Plant; boilers were from Taganrog Boiler Plant Krasnyy Kotelshchik; transformers were from Zaporozhye Transformer Plant.

The construction of Zuyevskaya GRES started after the plan to build up power plants of a conceptually new design was approved by Ukrainian authorities. Water supply was one of the key challenges. It was necessary to create a large-capacity reservoir. The plant is situated on the territory of multiple mine workings, which did not allow a foundation of 200 m cubic meters of water deep. So, it was decided to build cooling towers. As there were no experience and experts, the construction, especially that of the first cooling tower, was facing a lot of difficulties. When in 1982 the first two units were commissioned, the cooling towers were not ready yet. The decision was made to construct spray ponds, which allowed the early commissioning of units # 1 and 2.

The facility under the construction required much less land than the other TPPs. Zuyevskaya GRES was the first thermal power plant with the closed circuit of circulating water supply. The design is such that the heated water from the turbo-generators cooling system is not discharged into surface water but cooled in huge cooling towers. It prevented the flooding of about twenty square kilometres of land, which otherwise would be allocated as space for a cooling pond.

The birthday of Zuyevskaya GRES is considered March 24, 1982, when power generating unit #1 reached the full capacity.

The erection of ZuGRES-2 coincided with the approval of the All-Union governmental comprehensive programme on encouragement of nuclear power plants construction. All the efforts were given to this direction outlined by the Party, which created obstacles in course of construction works. Moreover, after the commissioning of the first two units, the construction of ZuGRES was suspended. P. Sheremet, the Director of the power plant, had to appeal to the higher authorities to prove the absurdity of the idea to stop the construction. Only the disaster at Chernobyl nuclear plant in April 1986 created the necessary conditions to put the new generating capacities in service. The construction of Zuyevskaya GRES-2 was resumed and two more units were commissioned (December 1986 and December 1988). 

Present 

Since April 1, 2002, Zuyevskaya Thermal Power Plant has been a part of the non-state Ukrainian energy company Vostokenergo (DTEK). The total installed capacity of the Company’s power generating units (as of 1.02.2008) is 1,200 MW (4 units of 300 MW each).

The scheme of power distribution at Zuyevskaya TPP is two generating units per one line 330 kV in Donbass Energy System of the National Power Company Ukrenergo.

Within the framework of the programme, designed by DTEK, on reconstruction and modernization of the thermal power plants, in 2008, Vostokenergo conducted the reconstruction of unit # 2 of Zuyevskaya TPP. In course of this upgrade turbine, boiler, electric precipitator, complex switchgear, 6 kV electrical equipment and electric drive of raw coal feeders were modernized. During the reconstruction new technical solutions in the flow channel of the turbine were applied. Apart from the increase of the installed capacity resulting from the unit’s reconstruction (from 300 MW to 315 MW), reliability of the equipment’s operations was improved substantially and the unit’s maneuverability range was extended by 45 MW. The reconstruction will also help to reduce the production cost of electricity at Zuyevskaya TPP by 1.7%, and consumption of standard fuel – by 16 g/kWh and will extend the service life of the unit’s modules for the term from 15 to 25 years. The cost of the modernization made UAH 117.2 m.

During 7.5 months of 2008, major overhaul with elements of reconstruction of cooling tower no.2 at Zuyevskaya TPP was carried out. 150 high cast-in-place reinforced concrete encasement of the cooling tower was repaired. Water distribution system and spray nozzles were fully replaced. Asbestos cement spray cooler was replaced with wearproof polymeric one. The Company expects that implementation of the comprehensive measures will result in the economic effect in the form of increased cooling capacity of the cooling tower by 3.0˚С against the designed value (decrease of the temperature of the cooling water by 1˚ С reduces consumption of standard fuel by 1.3 g/kWh). The cost of the reconstruction project of cooling tower 2 is UAH 37.7 m.

The modernization of both cooling towers (major overhaul of cooling tower no.1 was made in 2006) will make it possible to reduce the coal consumption by 26.454 t/year. This will cut the costs of Zuyevskaya TPP for electricity generation by UAH 10 m per year thus reducing the production cost of electricity. 

Management

Roman Serdyukov was appointed the Director of Zuevskaya TPP on June 1, 2009, previously he worked as Deputy General Director of Donbassenergo.

Mr. Serdyukov started his career in 1992 as an electrician on electric equipment maintenance of Zuevskaya TPP. In 2003 he left Zuevskaya TPP of Vostokenergo, having risen to the position of the Deputy Director – Head of Fuel Supply Unit. From 2003 to 2006 Roman Serdyukov worked at Mironovskaya TPP of Donbassenergo as the plant’s Director. From 2006 to 2009 Mr. Serdyukov was the Deputy General Director of Donbassenergo on Commercial Activity Issues.  

In 1992 Roman Serdyukov graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute, qualifications ‘Power Plants’, in 2000 from Donetsk State Technical University, qualifications ‘Economist’. In 2004 he became a post-graduate student of Donetsk State Technical University.

In 2004 he was awarded the ‘Expert of the Power Industry of Ukraine’ badge of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy.

Born August 9, 1970 in Donetsk.

Married, with two children (daughter and son).

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Kurakhovskaya TPP

Past

In 1933, the company Donenergo determined and, the year after, ‘Glavenergo’ of the People’s Commissariat of Heavy Industry of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics approved the site for a future power plant on the river Volchya, 15 kilometres away from the village of Kurakhovka, which gave it the name – Kurakhovskaya GRES (State District Power Plant).

The plant’s construction started in the summer of 1936. And already on December 20, 1937, the Central Committee of All-Russia Communist Party of Bolsheviks and the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR adopted the resolution to complete the construction of the first stage of Kurakhovskaya GRES. It was decided to design a plant for high pressure, which was undertaken by Leningrad Branch of the Institute TeploElektroProekt. It was the first thermal power plant in the country, the boilers of which were designed for the pressure of 90 atmospheres and the temperature of 500 degree С.

The first turbo-generator of Kurakhovskaya GRES with the capacity of 50 thousand kWh produced electricity on July 6, 1941, when the Great Patriotic War had already started. As far as the front was coming close, the powermen had to solve the difficult task – the power supply could not be stopped while it was necessary to have the equipment prepared for the evacuation further inland. A team of the mounters from Moscow came to help. The equipment that could not be evacuated was made inoperable. On October 20, 1941, KurakhovGresStroy was occupied by the fascists.

After the liberation in September 1943, the plant was ruined: there was not a single building intact, the whole infrastructure was wrecked. On August 12, 1946, thanks to the efforts of constructors and erectors, the plant delivered industrial current. Kurakhovskaya GRES was included into the grid of Donbassenergo’s system.

In March 1947, the second turbine with the capacity of 50 MW started to run. In April 1948, boiler #5 with slag-tap removal was put in service, the plant reached its design capacity - 100 MW and 675 tons of steam per hour. In March 1950, the installation of turbo-generator was completed and it started to bear load; two months after – in July, the last - the eighth boiler was commissioned. By the end of the fourth five-year plan, GRES was not simply restored, but expanded, its capacity reached 220 MW.

In 1952, the ninth, and then the tenth and eleventh boilers were put in service. The capacity of Kurakhovskaya GRES was 400 MW, which is 8 times above the pre-war capacity. In December 1953, the last, 13th, boiler was commissioned. The expansion of Kurakhovskaya GRES was completed. All the efforts were now focused on provision of the stable and paced operations of the power plant.

In December 1956, the workers settlement KurakhovGresStroy wad renamed the town of Kurakhovo and attributed to the category of district subordinated towns.

In 1959, Kurakhovskaya GRES took part in the Exhibition of Economy Achievement of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and was awarded the Diploma of III Degree.

By the end of 1965, four turbines manufactured by AEG and 8 boilers manufactured by Babcock Werke exhausted their useful lives. In August 1965, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy Industry of the USSR decided to replace the equipment in years to come. That meant construction of a new power plant. An up-to-date power plant was to be erected on site of the so-called ‘old Kurakhovochka’. On May 18, 1967 a decree on reconstruction of Kurakhovskaya SDPP was signed. The Council of Ministers of the USSR scheduled the start-up of the first 200 MW power unit for the fourth quarter 1972. It was assumed to increase the design capacity of power plant up to 1,400-1,500 MW by installing 200 and 300 MW units. The detail design of reconstruction of Kurakhovskaya SDPP was prepared by the Kharkov Branch of Teploenergoproekt Institute. Since 1969, works on further expansion of Kurakhovskaya SDPP started. In 1972-1975, seven power units were commissioned here. The power plants’ capacity reached the design one – 1460 MW.

In 1997, for its high performance indicators, the power plant was titled after the 60th Anniversary of the Great October Revolution. A year later its collective was on the roll of honour of the All-Union Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy.
 
Present

Since April 1, 2002, Kurakhovskaya TPP has been a part of the Ukrainian private power generating company Vostokenergo (DTEK).

After withdrawing all outdated equipment from the power plant’s initial setup, the plant’s capacity was increased to 1,460 MW (one 200 MW unit and six 210 MW units).

In 2008, within the framework of the first reconstruction stage of Vostokenergo’s power equipment, unit 5 of Kurakhovskaya TPP was reconstructed. The cost of modernization, which was implemented in the course of 6 months starting from July 1, 2008, made UAH 187.776 m. On completion of the works the installed capacity of the unit increased from 210 to 221 MW, dust emission into the atmosphere reduced 2 times. The reconstruction of the unit included modernization of the low pressure cylinder of the turbine, turbine control system, modernization of boiler, generator, feeding pump and transformer, as well as upgrade of electric precipitator and unit’s control system. The main technological innovation is exclusion of Bauman’s cascade in the low pressure cylinder of the turbine and installation of the bigger length blades in the last cascade, thus, ensuring maximum use of the steam power. The peculiarity of the modernization of unit 5 at Kurakhovskaya TPP is introduction of the automated system for control of technological process (ASU TP) on the standard equipment of 200 MW unit. The introduction of this level of automation at the old-pattern power unit is the first experience of this kind in Ukraine.
 
Management

In 2007 Ivan Zapolzkiy, who had been holding executive positions in AES Ust-Kamenogorskaya HP JSC (the town of Ust-Kamenogorsk), was appointed the Director of Kurakhovskaya TPP.

Mr Zapolskiy’s career started in 1995 when he began to work as an engineer of plant control systems of the Cherepanovskiye Electrical Networks of Novosibirskenergo OJSC (Cherepanovo, Novosibirsk Region). His service record in the energy business is 12 years. Major part of this time he worked at AES Ust-Kamenogorskaya HP JSC where he rose from the Deputy Head of the Electrical Shop to the General Director.

In 1995, he graduated with honours from the Novosibirsk State Technical University, ‘Automated Electrical Power Systems Control’.

Born on March 16, 1973 in Ust-Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan Region. 
 
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Luganskaya TPP

Past 

Preparation for construction of Luganskaya TPP (Voroshilovgradskaya SDPP at that time) started on April 01, 1950. The Kharkov Branch of Teploenergoproekt was entrusted with designing the SDPP.

In1952, work on construction of residential properties started directly in the village of Schastye, near Voroshilovgrad. In June 1953, builders started the work on the industrial site and by the end of the year 400 people were involved in work on the facility. The railway from Ogorodnyi station to the industrial site was constructed. In September 1956, construction, installation and setup of all facilities of the startup complex of power unit #1 were over. The birthday of Voroshilovgradskaya SDPP is September 30, 1956. At 5:52, turbogenerator #1 was connected to 110 KW network of Donbassnenergo. On December 31, 1956, turbogenerator #2 was commissioned.

Construction rates were on the increase. In 1957, for the first time in the world practice of electrical facilities construction, four turbines and seven boilers were assembled within one year.
The seventh, and the last, turbine was put into operation in December 1958, thus finalizing the first stage of construction.

In 1958, the electric power generation totaled 3 TWh and 554 kWh. In December 1958, the capacity of the initial setup of the power plant reached 700 MW.

In 1957-1958, operating staff had to overcome significant difficulties connected with the necessity to train personnel how to handle new equipment and step up technical and economic indicators. Over these years, 360 new workers were trained, qualifications of 736 workers were upgraded.

After the initial setup was over, Voroshilovgradskaya SDPP became the largest thermal power plant in the Soviet Union.

In 1979-2004, equipment of the initial setup of the TPP was written-off gradually. 
 
Present

Since April 1, 2002, Luganskaya thermal power plant has been a part of the Ukrainian private power generating company Vostokenergo (DTEK).

As of 01.02.2008, the installed capacity of the plant is 1425 MW (4 power units of 200 MW each, 3 units of 175 MW and 1 – 100 MW).

Since July 1, 2008, the installed capacity of the plant has grown by 25 MW: remarking of unit #9 of Luganskaya TPP was made. The recovery of the designed load of 200 MW unit became possible due to the major overhaul implemented at this unit in 2007. In general, between 2002 and 2008, i.e. over the time when the plant was managed by the private owner, the designed capacity of its four units was recovered. These are units 11, 15, 14 and 9 of the plant.

The TPP development strategy provides for construction of two flexible 225 MW power units, modernization of turbines, electric precipitators and ash collectors, installation of systems of frequency control by powerful electric motors, etc.
 
Management 

Anatoliy Makhno has worked as the Director of Luganskaya TPP since 2005. Before he assumed this office, he had worked as he Deputy Chief Engineer at this power plant.

In 1971, Mr. Makhno started to work as a turner’s apprentice at the Cherkesskiy Machine Building Plant. He worked as an engineer of the blacklead and heat-exchange laboratory during 1975-1977. His next place of work was Starobeshevskaya TPP, where Anatoliy Makhno advanced from a Power Unit Operator to the Deputy Chief Engineer. In 1989 he came to Luganskaya TPP in the Chief Engineer capacity.

In 1975 he graduated from Novocherkasskiy Polytechnical Institute, obtained ‘Thermal Power Plants’ qualification.

Born on July 16, 1952 in the town of Cherkessk of Stavropol Territory.

Married, has two sons. 
    
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Service-Invest

Past 
 
The energy supplying company Service-Invest was established on June 6, 2000. Since 2001, it has been conducting the licensed activity on electricity transmission, and since 2002 it has been supplying electricity under a regulated tariff via local electrical networks to industrial companies and public utilities in Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk Regions. At time of license issue, Service-Invest owned 15 substations and 16 transformer units as well as air and cables lines located on the territory of Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk Regions. In September 2001, Service-Invest expanded its networks when purchased new energy facilities from Avdeyevka Coke and Chemical Plant. In 2002, Service-Invest became a member of DTEK. The investment policy of the Management Company allowed the enterprise significantly reducing the level of electricity technological losses, conducing the reconstruction and modernization of substations’ high voltage equipment, creating a better electricity commercial metering system, introducing and developing the advanced information and telecommunication technologies.
 
Present

Being a legitimate license holder for electricity supplies to consumers in Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk Regions, Service-Invest is a member of the Wholesale Electricity Market of Ukraine. The company maintains 106 substations of 110, 35 and 6kV with the total transformer capacity of 2,532 MW and 2,260 km of 110, 35, 6 kV transmission lines.

Service-Invest is one the largest power supplying companies of Ukraine in terms of electricity supply volumes. The electricity consumers of Service-Invest are energy-intensive industrial enterprises of Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk Regions in the steel making, chemical, coal mining and coal processing industries that have substantial influence on the economic development of Ukrainian industry as well as the water supply company UPVCh, railroad transportation companies, etc. Among them are the following: Donetsk Iron and Steel Works, Azovstal Steel Works, Illyicha Iron and Steel Works, Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works, Avdeyevka Coke and Chemical Plant, Stirol Concern and other.
 
Implementing its strategic and investment plans, Service-Invest is striving for world level reliability and economic efficiency of electricity supplies, adaptation of European standard network parameters, and reduction of electricity production cost.

The programme of the Company development is based on introduction of innovative technologies. In 2005, Service-Invest started and is successfully implementing the introduction of Automated commercial electricity metering system and Automated system of dispatch control. In March 2006, the Company put into operation a dispatch point with remote viewing display of video wall type, with the use of equipment of Belgian BARCO Company. Displaying of information on the video wall is made with the help of SCADA software of Swedish АВВ firm. Dispatch point of the company and working places of the dispatchers fully meet the requirements set to the modern power supplying enterprises and are second to none in Ukraine.

Programme of electricity networks’ reconstruction and modernization are being successfully implemented by the enterprise to ensure reliable and uninterrupted electricity supply to consumers.

In 2007, having received the license from the NERC to expand its activity on the territory of Dnepropetrovsk Region, the Company acquired 296 kilometres of overhead electricity transmission lines with voltage of 154, 35 and 6 kV from Nothern GOK and Central GOK (Metinvest Group, Krivoy Rog City).

In July 2007, Service-Invest started electricity transmission and supplies to Pavlogradugol. For this purpose the company acquired about 150 kilometres of electricity transmission lines in Dnepropetrovsk Region.

In 2008, the energy supplying company Service-Invest got the highest rating of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine among energy transmission and supply companies.
 
Management

In November 2006, the meeting of Service-Invest participants decided to appoint Valeriy Mostsypan to the position of the General Director of the power supplying company.

Mr. Mostsypan graduated from Zhdanovskiy Metallurgical Institute under the specialization ‘Electricity Supply to Industries, Places and Agriculture’. Between 1967 and 1975, he was working at Zhdanovskiy Plant of Heavy Machine-Building starting as an electrician, then as an electric fitter of the 5th category on repair of electric equipment.

Since 1975 till 2001, at Priazovskiye Electric Networks of Donetskoblenergo, Valeriy Mostsypan went the way from an electric fitter to Deputy Chief Engineer. Since April 2001 till August 2006, he was working as Chief Engineer of Service-Invest. Since August 2006, Mr Mostsypan has been holding the office of the Director of Service-Invest.

He was born on 26 September 1950 in Mariupol City of Donetsk Region.

Mr. Mostsypan is married and has two children.
  
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Ukrelektrosetstroy

 
Past 

Ukrelektrosetstroy has half a century of history, which started in September 1950 with the establishment of installation section No.7 in Donbasssetstroy Trust. It was located in Artyomovsk City in Donetsk (then Stalino) Region and specialised in the repair and construction of high-voltage electricity transmission lines and high-voltage sub-stations. The same year, installation section No.6, based in Gorlovka, merged with section 7. Later, due to strongly increased volumes of construction in the country, Donbasssetstroy Trust was reorganized into Yuzhelektrosetstroy Trust, and installation section No. 7 was transformed into mobile mechanical division No.14 (to become Ukrelektrosetstroy in the future).

Over a period of 50 years, the mobile mechanical division No.14, as a part of Yuzhelektrosetstroy, accomplished a wide range of construction and assembly operations, brought up several generations of high-quality wiremen, high installers and mechanical operators of various profiles. Many of them were granted governmental awards, including the Order of Lenin, October Revolution and Order of Labour Glory. The employees of the company participated in the clean up of the Chernobyl NPP disaster. Employees of the mobile mechanical division No.14 visited the construction sites of power facilities in 14 regions of Russia, Moldova and Georgia. Over the period since from 1950 to 2000, they put into operation 9620 km of overhead lines with a voltage of 35-750 kV.

After the collapse of the USSR, demand for the services of the enterprises of this profile dropped dramatically and the crisis was only overcome in 2001. That year, the employees of the mobile mechanical division No.14 continued its work as a new status, Ukrelektrosetstroy. The newly reorganized enterprise consolidated its property, specialists, production and repair shops of the mobile mechanical division No.14 and others.

From 2000 to 2001, the enterprise participated in the restoration of high-voltage lines in Kirovograd, Vinnitsa and Odessa regions. The acquired experience of building low-voltage lines was made for the development of this type of activity. In 2002, a line section specializing in construction of low-voltage overhead electricity transmission lines was set up. Ukrelektrosetstroy acquired special-purpose equipment and machinery for this section, which made it possible to reduce the production cost by 5-10% compared to the one applied earlier.

From the moment the company started cooperation with DTEK in 2002, new possibilities opened up. Having explored the needs of its region, the personnel of the section started preparation for and mastered the mounting of self-supporting isolated wires. The same year, Ukrelektrosetstroy switched to the construction mode under the so called ‘incomplete closed cycle’, i.e. it deals with fulfilment of the whole scope of work on overhead lines until the facility is accepted ‘turn-key’.

Present

In order to cut dependence on suppliers and reduce the time of construction, the enterprise mastered the production of and commenced the manufacture of metal constructions and metal high-voltage supports. One of the key perspective development areas for the enterprise is production of self-discharging vehicles (support transporters) to work in the field without application of additional load lifting equipment. The existing capacities of Ukrelektrosetstroy allow organizing production of such vehicles and manufacturing up to 12-15 vehicles a year. At the moment, an experimental model of support transport vehicle has been prepared for testing to transport and unload reinforced-concrete poles of between 16-26 m long with a maximum weight of up to 20 tons.

Management

The Director of Ukrelektrosetstroy since 2001 has been Ordash Dadashov. Before this position, Mr. Dadashov worked at Yuzhelektrosetstroy enterprise, where he was promoted from a specialist of construction and assembly to the head of the mobile mechanical division.

In 1986, he graduated from Dagestan Polytechnic Institute (City of Makhachkala) with a degree in ‘Industrial and Civil Construction’, and acquired the qualification of Construction Engineer.

He is a deputy of Artyomovsk City Council of People’s Deputies.

He was born on 12 February 1963 in Ullubiy-aul village in Leninskiy District (Republic of Dagestan of the Russian Federation).

Mr. Dadashov is married and has three children. 
 
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Energoproect

 
Past 
 
Energoproect was established on 3 March 2004.

Energoproect makes project designs and surveys for the enterprises incorporated into DTEK, particularly for Vostokenergo, Tekhrempostavka, Service-Invest and others.

The enterprise has experience of designing facilities for power plants for the power generating companies Vostokenergo, Donbassenergo, Dneproenergo, facilities of power supply companies Service-Invest, Donetskoblenergo, as well as high-voltage lines on the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt).

In order to have the product meeting all the requirements of today, Energoproect Ltd. is equipped with all the necessary computer and copying equipment. Design is made with the use of licensed software. The enterprise acquires special software allowing computerization of all the calculations.

Management

In 2004, Energoproect was headed by Sergey Piskunov.

Sergey Piskunov started his career in 1997 working as an engineer on marketing research at Tochmash. From 1998 until 2000, he worked in Kruasan as a specialist in electricity sales and later in PES Gorenergo held the position of engineer in the Technical Development Department of PES Gorenergo.

In 1996, Mr Piskunov graduated from Donetsk State Technical University specialising in ‘Metal Cutting Tools and Machinery’, and acquired a degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 2003, he graduated from the Re-training Faculty of Donetsk National Technical University with a degree in Economic Specialist of Enterprises.

He was born on 23 April 1973 in Donetsk City. 
 
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Elektronaladka

 
Past

Elektronaladka was established in April 2001. It brought together specialists with vast experience (from 10 to 30 years) of start-up and adjustment work at the largest power facilities of the country. The enterprise specializes in design, assembly, start-up and adjustment, maintenance and diagnostics of power facilities of all voltage classes from 0.4 to 750 kV.

In 2002, Elektronaladka started cooperation with DTEK and it now carries out a whole range of work on construction of new and reconstruction of existing electricity facilities. The same year, using its own production base, the enterprise started the manufacture of protection and automation boxes and panels, mostly on the basis of microprocessor terminals. In the production process, the enterprise makes use of the most recent and high-quality elements, materials and tools.

Over the years of Elektronaladka performance, its employees have designed and manufactured 200 microprocessor-based devices for relay protection and automation for ABB, Siemens and Alstom firms.

In 2006, the quality control system ISO 9001:2000 was introduced at the enterprise.

Among the clients of Elektronaladka are Ukrenergo GEK SC, Service-Invest, Mini-Steel Mill Istil, Knauf-Gypsum, Donetsk City Centre, etc.

Management

From February 2002 until the present, Valeriy Zosimov has been the Director of Elektronaladka.

Mr Zosimov started his career from the position of Engineer at Dontekhenergo enterprise in 1972, and in 1979, he advanced to the position of Senior Engineer at the Research and Scientific Board of Donetsk Polytechnical Institute.

Starting from 1979, Mr Zosimov worked at energy facilities in the Nizhnevartovsk of Tumen Region, where he advanced from the position of Senior Supervisor to that of the leading engineer.

In 1991, he was given a job with the Set-up and Assembly Company ElektroYuzhMontazh (Donetsk), where he rose from Engineer to the Head of the Donetsk Branch.

Valeriy Zosimov graduated from Donetsk Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Electrical Systems and Networks in 1972.

He was born in 1950 in the city of Gorlovka in the Donetsk Region. 
 
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Sotsis
  
Past 

Sotsis Ltd. was established on September 11, 2002. In six years, many structural units, social Assets of DTEK, were incorporated by Sotsis, including the Olimpiyskiy sports facility, hotels and hostels in Kurakhovo, Zugres and Schastye towns, resort and treatment centres, health units, and recreation centres. 

In 2004, Sotsis completed the construction and put in service a new building with first class apartments in the recreation centre Beryozka, in the town of Yuryevka on the Sea of Azov, the Olimpiyskiy sports facility undergone extensive repairs, and a new water treatment and disinfection technology was installed.

In 2003, Sotsis obtained a license for organizing and holding sports events, medical practice license, and in 2008 - a travel agency activities license. Services on provision of accommodation in hotels and resort and treatment centres are certified.
 
Present 

Currently, Sotsis unites over 20 structural units in towns and settlements of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye Regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

Hotels and hostels of Sotsis are always ready to accommodate guests in their rooms. In July 2008, the Gostinnyy Gvor hotel in Kurakhovo ranked first in the regional stage of the ‘100 Best Goods of Ukraine’ National Products, Goods, Works and Services Quality Competition.

Management

The Director of Sotsis, Irina Timoshenko, took the position in July 2006.
 
Irina Timoshenko started her career in 1974 as a Laboratory Assistant of the Physics Room at secondary school 95 (Kalininskiy District, Donetsk). She was a student of Donetsk Polytechnic Institute in the Engineering and Economy Faculty from 1975 till 1980.

From 1980 to 1983, she was a Technical Planning Engineer at the Mushketovskaya Mine; from 1984 to 1994, she worked as a Section Mining Rate-Setter at the Kirovskaya mine. Then during a year, she was Head of the Securities Unit in the Pan-Ukrainian Investment Company (PIC) and the Trust Institution ‘Solidarity-Trust-Service’. In 1995, she returned to the Kirovskaya mine to her previous position; later, she was an Economist in the Planning Dispatcher Service of the Repair-Construction Unit of ‘DonetskVodoKanal’. In September 1996, she took the position of Accountant in Tonik Ltd., and in 4 months, became the Director of the company.

In January 2003, she joined Sotsis as Deputy Economic Director and, in April 2006, was appointed first as the Acting Director, and then as the Director.

She was born on November 21, 1956, in the town of Debaltsevo, Donetsk Region.

She is married with two children.
 
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Sotsugol 

  
Past

Sotsugol is a branch of the largest coal mining company Pavlogradugol, combining its social assets, which had been on the balance sheets of the mines till 2006. The process of their transfer started in February 2006 and finished in October the same year.

Sotsugol comprises the companies located on the territory of Western Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions, and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. It includes 2 hotels, 15 canteens, 8 hostels, 10 recreation centres, 4 children camps, the stadium Shaktyor, and Pavlograd and Pershotravensk coal storages.

Combining the social assets in the single entity allowed faster solutions on their capital repairs, centralized supply of canteens, recreation centres, and children camps with best quality food. The specialists of Sotsugol control the catering service at the enterprises of Pavlogradugol, provision of some institutions with medical supplies and medical equipment.

Present 

Currently, the key objective of Sotsugol branch is to efficiently manage the social assets to increase their profitability and quality of the services rendered to the employees of Pavlogradugol and their family members.

The future plans of Sotsugol branch include the renewal of the resource base of the recreation and rehabilitation facilities, their reconstruction, engagement of highly qualified specialists. 

Management

The director of Pavlogradugol’s branch Sotsugol is Oksana Smirnova.

From 1994 to 2001, Oksana was working in the bodies of the State Tax Administration of Ukraine and State Treasury, and later in the Social Development and Supporting Service Division of Pavlogradugol.
 
From 2006, she was the Head of Social Assets Management Department in Sotsugol branch. Since 2008, Ms. Smirnova has been holding the position of Director of Sotsugol branch.

Graduated from Dnepropetrovsk National Mining Institute with the diploma of Economist.

Born on February 27, 1976 in Pavlograd. 
  
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Service Enterprise

Past

Service Enterprise LLC was incorporated in June 2006. Its main activities included security services, transport services (passenger cars), maintenance of buildings, cleaning services, supervision services for DTEK companies’ new construction projects in the city of Donetsk.

In 2007, the Enterprise expanded its range of services to offer such new ones as language translation, clerical services, and business travel support. At the same time, it started to provide its security and cleaning services to DTEK businesses operating in Donetsk and Lugansk Regions.

Since 2008, Service Enterprise LLC has been rendering security services to Pavlogradugol’s facilities in Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye Regions.

In November 2008, Service Enterprise LLC started supply of IT services in the areas of information systems and equipment operation and maintenance, as well as IT consulting.

Present

The key task of Service Enterprise LLC is rendering the high-quality services to DTEK’s operating companies in terms of the functions not related to the core business processes.

Service Enterprise LLC jointly with the DTEK Group companies implements the projects of auxiliary functions’ outsourcing. The projects are aimed at making the DTEK operating companies focused largely on production tasks, new technologies, performance and other important indicators essentially increasing the competitive advantages at the sector markets.

The Enterprise continuously creates new business processes and enhances the existing ones for efficient HR management (about 2000 people) and service quality improvement.

Presently, the new projects aimed at centralization and unification of the accounting, transportation and other functions are being implemented.

Management

In 2009, Konstantin Kurenyov was appointed Acting Director of Service Enterprise LLC. Previously Mr. Kurenyov was taking the executive and engineering positions in Astelite LLC, Kievmedpreparat OJSC, UKAM Trading Ltd, in technical assistance projects (TACIS of EU Commission).

In 1994, K. Kurenyuv graduated from Gorlovka State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages, qualified in English and Spanish languages. In 2001, he got the second diploma in East Ukrainian National University, qualified in Finances.

Born on April 30, 1971 in Lugansk. Married and has one son.

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