Import Substitution and Cooperation with Equipment Manufacturers
PJSC Rosseti South approved a import substitution schedule. The goals and objectives of the import substitution plan are aimed at ensuring the technological security of the power grid sector of the Russian Federation and reducing dependence on foreign products, equipment, technical devices, and services/work of foreign companies and the use of foreign software.
Import substitution targets
Import substitution targets are stipulated by the Energy Strategy of Russia until 2035, according to which the share of advanced technological equipment for the fuel and energy sector created or localised in the Russian Federation in the total amount of technological equipment specified in the list of technological equipment demanded by organisations of the fuel and energy complex, the creation (localisation) of production of which is necessary on the territory of the Russian Federation until 2035 should amount to at least
Aiming to switch to Russian radio-electronic products, PJSC Rosseti South worked hard in 2024 to hit the target set for the transition to domestic products.
The actual share of expenditures on the purchase of Russian radio-electronic products in the total expenditures on the purchase of radio-electronic products in 2024 is 98%, with a target value of 77%.
Investments in Russian radio-electronic products totalled RUB 70.6 million.
Localisation, import substitution and development of domestic solutions for the serial production of energy storage systems and the development of related technologies is a state objective for the advancement of the high-tech field of energy storage systems (ESS) for the period up to 2030. In order to achieve the import substitution target set by the ESS, PJSC Rosseti South organised research and development work (R&D) on the grid connection of consumers in isolated areas using autonomous hybrid power plants (AHPPs). The main goal lies in determining the possibility to supply power to hard-to-reach (having a ‘weak’ connection to the Unified Energy System of the Russian Federation) and isolated areas, e.g., by means of the AHPPs, (‘virtual’ grid connection) with simulation of the legal technical and economic conditions for their participation in the circulation of electrical energy (capacity) on retail markets for electrical energy (capacity) and related services. In 2024, this R&D programme involved selecting a pilot facility for the pre-commercial operation of Russian-made AHPPs.