Deputy Director General — Chief Engineer of the State Energy and Gas Supervision Institution (Gosenergogaznadzor) Alexander Gulevich told BelTA about the main shortcomings identified during scheduled inspections of heat supply organizations, boiler houses, heating networks, and housing stock ahead of the new heating season.

Gosenergogaznadzor monitors the preparation of organizations with heat sources, networks, and heat consumption systems for the autumn-winter season. The institution also registers readiness passports. “Among frequent violations are the untimely submission of hydraulic test reports, pipeline flushing reports, and reports on the equipment of heating networks and heat installations. As for electrical installations, most often it is the untimely submission of technical protocols for electrophysical measurements and tests, and for gas-using equipment in the housing stock, these are inspection reports of smoke and ventilation ducts. There are also questions about how they are drawn up,” said Alexander Gulevich.

As for the technical side of the issue, the comments here are standard — partial lack of thermal insulation, failure to carry out or poor-quality inspection of shut-off valves, insulation damage, making conductor connections by twisting, incorrect selection of protective devices, failure to maintain the standard distance between electrical wires and gas pipelines, and destruction of smoke and ventilation ducts.

“There are fewer gross violations that affect reliability and safety. We strive to ensure that organizations, when preparing facilities for the heating season, identify and eliminate shortcomings themselves, and then invite a Gosenergogaznadzor inspector to participate in the commission,” the deputy director general emphasized.