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RusHydro reported that that the Ust-Srednekanskaya hydroelectric power station has a capacity of 570 MW put into operation after signing the acceptance certificate.

The project, designed in 1989 and started in 1992, was built in extremely challenging permafrost conditions, causing damage to rivers. builders were obliged release 8 million young fish into reservoirs.

From 2002 to 2020 for construction Was wasted over 55 billion rubles.

The initiator of the creation of the hydroelectric power station was the Kolyma politician Vladimir Pekhtin - Senator and then State Duma deputy from Magadan region, who left parliament in 2013 after investigation Alexey Navalny about his real estate in Miami.

The feasibility of building the power facility was questioned from the very beginning, since there is already a power plant in the region that was put into operation in 1994. Kolyma hydroelectric power station - It provides 95% of the region's energy.

It was assumed that the excess electricity from the Ust-Srednekanskaya hydroelectric power station would be transferred via the new power line will be sent + Baimsky Mining and processing plant on Chukotka, which plans to mine copper and gold. But the Russian government decided that the plant it's cheaper to ask from a floating nuclear power plant, than to build a power line.

The Magadan region has a closed power system that does not allow power to be transmitted to other regions. Russia. At the same time, the excess electricity does not result in cheaper tariffs for Kolyma residents.

In 2019, the governor Sergey Nosov their decision reduced prices with 5,25 rubles per kW/h up to 3,65 rubles. However, over 5 years the tariff has increased until 4,66 rubles.

Every year, the Kolyma government provides compensation to heat and electricity suppliers, as individuals pay preferential rates.

Photo: RusHydro