Kazakhstan to develop roadmaps on preparation for heating season

Kazakhstan to develop roadmaps on preparation for heating season

Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov gave instructions to the Cabinet of Ministers, according to which each region of the country should develop roadmaps to prepare for the heating season. Smailov said that the document should include such measures as the development of heating networks, the construction of new and reconstruction of existing thermal power plants. In case of accidents, the roadmap should contain detailed instructions for actions of regional public utilities and the thermal power plants themselves. The increase in the level of digitalization and automation of heat supply systems is equally important, as noted by Smailov. Thus, the roadmap should include data on the state of the heating network infrastructure, the loss rate, as well as the quantity and quality of heat energy consumed. The Prime Minister also instructed to complete all repair works on time and ensure an advance delivery of coal in the required volumes.

“To prevent disturbance in the domestic coal market, regional administrations should inspect the current state of the infrastructure of coal procurement and sales points, its quality, delivery schedules, and price reasonableness within two weeks in due course. The Kazakh Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development together with Kazakhstan’s national railway company should provide the necessary number of wagons for coal delivery,” Smailov said.