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During Wednesday’s peak, about 55,000 trees had no power due to the abundance of snow on the cables. homes.
The flaws were fixed for many users late last week.
ESO chief Mindaugas Keizer told reporters on Monday that specialists are now working on individual cases where people have not been able to restore electricity. The generators are transported to them.
He and Darius Maikštėnas, Chairman and CEO of the Ignitis Group, which also owns ESO, apologized to the public for the lengthy rebuilding work and thanked the employees for their dedication.
However, D.Maikštėnas said that although last week’s snowfall broke records and has not been seen in some regions for several decades, not all problems can be ruled out by natural disasters alone.
“We need to understand that as the climate changes, we will see more and more of these natural cataclysms,” said the Ignitis Group director.
“We must all prepare together so that in the future such incidents can cause all Lithuanians as little inconvenience as possible, and ESO employees should not make such a heroic effort to rebuild the network,” he added.
Arno Strumilos / 15min nuotr./Darius Maikštėnas
According to D. Maikštėnas, Ignitis grupė has a solid financial base, so it does not restrict ESO’s investments in the network, but they must be efficient so that the price of electricity does not rise for the population.
According to him, by 2030, 2 billion should be invested in ESO’s network. of which € 400 million – replacement of overhead cables in underground areas prone to breakdowns.
However, D.Maikštėnas emphasized that investments in underground cables are the most expensive, therefore, they must be diversified by distributing cracks between trees and electric cables, accelerating the digitization and efficient use of electricity generators.
Promise to learn lessons
ESO Director General M. Keizer said ESO employees and contractors did “impossible things without losing energy and without thinking about their job description and working hours” by restoring electricity to the population.
Arno Strumilos / 15min nuotr./Mindaugas Keizeris
“These days, the lines have just been broken, all the supports have been overturned about or ten kilometers away. After ordering and restoring the lines, the trees broke down again, ”he said.
However, even that is not an excuse, said the company’s director and chairman.
He also assured that there is no single solution to increase the resilience of the network.
ESO intends to lay 67% of the cables underground in nine years. wooded areas of Lithuania, where coverage now reaches 40 percent.
We will sit down and review all the processes that we have learned in each circuit, starting with the call center and ending with the belief that residents have electricity.
In addition, the gaps will be distributed and investment in the purchase of additional generators will be considered to provide them to residents who have been delayed in restoring electricity supply.
Keizer said he saw mistakes made by company employees in various situations last week, but he didn’t want to get involved in self-help or excuses.
“Basically, we have already learned lessons of what can be done to locate and correct faults more effectively,” said the ESO director.
“We will sit down and review all the processes that we have learned in each circuit, from the call center to the belief that residents have electricity,” he added.
You can see the recording of the press conference here:
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