PLAN FULFILLMENT OF THE MINISTERY OF ELECTRIC POWER FOR 1954 AND COMING TASKS FOR 1955

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• Document Release Date: April 1, 2011
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• Publication Date: September 27, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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PLAN FUI.FIIdl.a1T OF THEM ~STR7 OF ELECTR~ : ~'~=~
POR 154 AND OOHING TASKS FOR 1455 '
Slektroaner va [El:ctric
Power], col YI, No 1,
Janus ry 1956, Sof'.s,
Pages 1-3
During the part year, 1954 -- the second year of the Five-Tear Plan --
xorkera, estploreea, and artsin~arina sad technical staffs of the Ministry
of ~ectrification were !seed with great, very responsible, and difficult
teaks. The conference of the wrksrs of the Ministry of Electrification
held on 17 and 18 January 1955, latiseted the extent of fulfillment of
these tasks and susuaed up the torthconing 1955 pro~ecta. Here aumariea
of the main estimatsa and briefs aro given.
In the field of electrical construction, the Second ~ve-Year Plan
entrusted the Ministry of Electrification with a large construction task.
Capital investatisnta for 1954 xer~~44.2~ higher than those of 1953. The
system of electric stations was to ba augpnented by a capacity of 1+2,560
kx and new substations and trunk lines were to be built. Regional electri-
fication was to include new settlements, numerous TKZ3 (Trudovo koopera-
Livni zeaedelski stopanstra, Labor Cooperative Agricultural Ferns),
pumping stations, etc.
'ihe 1954 capital investsent plan was fulfilled 63.5 and 40,000 kw
were added to the electrical production (not counting the electric stations
set up at various plants)but including expansion of the V. Chervenkov
TETs (Teplo elektricheska tsentrala, Thersioelectric Power Station),
~fRositaan VETS (Yodno elektricheska tsentrala, }(ydroelactric Power
Station), "G. Dimitrov" VETa, etct Furthermore new substations were ~
commissioned, and now settlements"were electrified. ~~
The following weaknesses should be noted in evaluating the activi-
ties of the building enterprises: the unrhythmical fulfillment of
Tenthly plans; overaxpandiLUre on labor, transportation expense, and
additional expenses, resulting frog poor use of working power; over-
staffing and incorrect staffing of labor gangs, in terns-of the regu-
lations for existing labor norms; delayed delivey of materials and
equipment; inadequate struggle for increasing labor productivity; in-
complete exploitaticn of available machinery, as well as frequent and
poor repair of machinery; and lock of intensive use of automobile
transportation.
Planning is closely related to building. The overall planning and
installations ware carried out by the Energokhidroproekt organization,
which achieved considerable success - its plan was fulfilled 102.6.
In additiori'to the planning of the pro,~ects now being built planning
was carriod out for numerous enterprises to ba built alonb various rivers,
a general electrification chart of the country was made, etc. It must
however be note3 that 9ulgnrian planning is still lagging in terms of
the need for electrical construction, and that changes in plena entail
n considerable increase in coat. Planning is also delayed by constant
additions and ~haagea in the cost estimates, which in Bulgaria must bo
done in a rather complicated manner. Another negative point which must
be noted is that thus far there has not been any typo planning in
Pulgaria. This is~ndicated by the fact thRt the planning of temporary
buildings is not standardized, and standardization in stencilling and
in the equipping of power piles, has not been completely carriod out.
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In 1955 the planners and builders .slit have to eliminate all the
weaknesses which have previously existed in order to fulfill the targets
laid doxn by the Peoples Ecdnomic Plan for this exceptionally important
branch of the Bulgarian peoplets economy. 1Y-ey must bear in mind that
in 1955 there vi11 be twice as much electric power put into operation
as in 1954.
During the past year poxes sources and the electricity, distributing
and producing enterprises had to deal with great and responsible tasks.'
With an average increase in pzvduction of 11.62 and 18.32yb more electricity
had to be produced than in 1953, i.e., work in electric power stations
hadto be intensified.
We must boldly state that individual teams have considerably improved
their work compared to 1953y but the results achieved are unsatisfactory.
Tho level of technical exploitation o? machines and equipment and the
regularity and quality of electric supply are in many cases Par belox
the requirements We showed particularly bad results during the first
three months of 1954, and it would not be correct to placs the respon- '
sibility for it on the severe winter and the lack of water.. The severe
winter caught our electric stations? particularly the thermic ones, un-
prepared for operation under severe winter conditions. The regional
admin.tstration managers and stations knF~. Minter was coming, and should
have started early tc,~ prepare their work accordingly so us noL to remain
entirely at the mercy of nature, It can not be sad that the lesson of
the winter of 1953-1954 has been fully assimilated, because although
numerous prepa:atary measures for winter operation of electric stations
and electric equipment were envisaged arrd carried aut, and after a
commission cz< specialists confirmed their fitness for operation under
winter conditions,, the first snow fall of the season in December 1954,
caused considerable disturbance in the countryYs electric. supply.
During the past year the struggle agai.^st breakdo~:zrs, despite
certain results achieved, was still not up to the necessary level< The
analysis of breakdowns on long distance lines revealed that the causes
of the poor conditions o? the lines? their inferior maintenance, and the
low degree o? their use, lie in !rsn the people' starting with the planners,
builders,, and installers,. anu ending with operational workers. The picture
xould have been entirely diffsrent if the repairs ~rhich were made ;usd
bean of good wsriananship, if the degree of rottenness in the power poles
had been measured annually, if resistance in the connections had been
v~easured, and if, i.n general, good care had been taken of every insulator,
bolt, anti pole..
'T'here must. also be speedy and high qua:Lity repairs made on electric
stations, xhere advanced planning? and prompt supplying with the. necessary
materials,, spare parts and equiptment, era of decisive importance. I