Today during a pre-New Year telephone conference moderated by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee at the Company's headquarters in Moscow the second power generating unit was brought onstream at Kaliningrad CHPP-2.

Among the Gazprom executives attending the event at Kaliningrad CHPP-2 were Valery Golubev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Kirill Seleznev, Member of the Management Committee – Head of the Gas and Liquid Hydrocarbons Marketing and Processing Department, Viktor Ilyushin, Member of the Management Committee – Head of the Department for Relations with Regional Authorities of the Russian Federation as well as heads and experts from Gazprom energoholding and representatives from contracting agencies.

Commissioning of the second power generating unit at Kaliningrad CHPP-2 (capacity – 450 MW) built at Gazprom's expense solved the urgent problem of energy undersupply in the Kaliningrad Oblast, significantly increased the reliability of energy supply to the region and created opportunities for power exports.

“Gazprom accomplished this large-scale investment project in the power industry within a short timeframe. This is indeed a vital project for the national power industry and for the Russian Federation as it solves the problems of energy security, stability and reliability of energy supply to Russia's westernmost region – the Kaliningrad Oblast,” noted Alexey Miller.

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