MIL-OSI Russia: Alexander Novak held the 37th meeting of the Federal Headquarters for Gasification

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Alexander Novak held the 37th meeting of the Federal Headquarters for Gasification

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak held the first meeting of the Federal Headquarters for Gasification in 2025. The event was attended by the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin, the governor of Krasnodar Krai Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of Stavropol Krai Vladimir Vladimirov, representatives of regional authorities, the Ministry of Energy, the Federal Antimonopoly Service, Rostekhnadzor, the Government Coordination Center, Rosreestr, the Ministry of Finance, etc.

At the beginning of the meeting, Aleksandr Novak took part via video link in the ceremonial connection to the gas networks of the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill (PPM) and the commissioning of the inter-settlement gas pipeline from the Novodvinsk gas distribution station (GDS) to JSC Arkhangelsk PPM in the Arkhangelsk Region. The event was also attended by the region’s governor Aleksandr Tsybulsky.

Gasification of Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill JSC took place thanks to the commissioning of a 12 km long inter-settlement gas pipeline from Novodvinsk GRS, built as part of the gas supply and gasification development program for the Arkhangelsk Region for 2021–2025. The fuel will be used for heat and power supply of the enterprise’s capacities instead of coal and fuel oil. The total projected gas consumption by the plant will be about 550 million cubic meters per year.

The new networks will also provide gas to the village of Zaozerye and, in the future, gasification of at least five settlements in the Primorsky and Kholmogorsky municipal districts of the Arkhangelsk region.

“Today we are launching the gasification of a city-forming enterprise with a long history – the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill. Its production is of strategic importance for the region, the products are supplied to the Russian market and exported to other countries. The introduction of the inter-settlement gas pipeline will also allow gasification of several settlements at once,” noted Alexander Novak.

During the meeting of the federal headquarters, participants discussed the results of the social gasification program for 2024, plans for 2025, and the outlook up to 2030.

According to the Ministry of Energy, as of February 5, 2025, about 2 million applications for social additional gasification have been submitted, 1.47 million of which have been accepted. The additional gasification potential is over 1.8 million households (excluding gardening non-profit partnerships (SNT)). 1.42 million contracts have been concluded for bringing gas to the boundaries of the site, more than 1.2 million of which have been fulfilled. Including about 800 thousand connections inside houses. In 2025, it is planned to connect another 150 thousand households to gas.

The comprehensive service of gas connection within the boundaries of the plot, including the supply of in-house equipment, was provided to more than 367 thousand citizens. It was most in demand in the Voronezh Region, the Chechen Republic and the Orenburg Region (67-72% of the number of gas connections).

The additional gasification of social and medical facilities is actively underway: 769 applications have been submitted by medical institutions, 794 by educational institutions. 476 and 448 contracts have been concluded, respectively, 335 contracts with medical institutions and 245 with educational organizations have been fulfilled up to the boundaries of the plots. Gas has been launched in 97 and 82 medical and social institutions, respectively. According to the results of the inventory, the potential for additional gasification of households in SNT is over 933 thousand units.

Representatives of the Ministry of Energy and Gazprom Mezhregiongaz reported to the Deputy Prime Minister on the progress of transferring the social gasification program to digital platforms. Since 2022, the Connectgaz portal has been actively operating (HTTPS: //Connectgas.ru/), where you can apply for a household connection and calculate its cost, including within the boundaries of the site. There is a single portal for social gasification and an interactive map of gasification of regions, where you can track the schedule for introducing gas pipelines and the plan for connecting households and social facilities. In addition, the all-Russian hotline for gasification is successfully operating.

Sergey Gustov, General Director of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, reported on the operation of 1,808 memorials with Eternal Flames across the country; in 2025, in honor of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, gas will be supplied to another 120 such sites. On the eve of Victory Day, 80 Eternal Flames will be lit simultaneously in 80 regions of Russia.

Alexander Novak instructed to pay special attention to the implementation of modern digital technologies during social gasification in order to optimize and speed up processes.

The Deputy Prime Minister instructed federal and regional authorities, as well as the single gas supply operator, to submit work schedules to achieve a gasification rate of 82.9% by 2030, including an assessment of the possibility of constructing and expanding gas pipeline capacities, converting boiler houses to gas, intensifying gasification of residential buildings in SNT, etc. By 2030, according to the President’s instructions, gas should be supplied to at least 1.6 million households.

Also, the Ministry of Energy and Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, on the instructions of the Deputy Prime Minister, will analyze the cost of a comprehensive service for connecting gas within plots and in houses to increase the potential for demand.

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