Today, the Montenegrin Electricity Distribution System concluded a Framework Agreement worth €22.4 million with a Consortium comprising “Mezon” d.o.o. Danilovgrad, “Electro Team” d.o.o. Budva and “Ramel” d.o.o. Nikšić. The Framework Agreement is concluded for a period of 24 months for the purposes of the Project for the Revitalisation of the Medium-Voltage (MV) and Low-Voltage (LV) Electricity Network throughout Montenegro.
The MV and LV network revitalisation project is part of the 2019–2021 Investment Plan, which envisages the implementation of investment projects worth €81.6 million.
“Through this project, approximately 480 km of the MV network will be upgraded between 2019 and 2021, representing around 13 per cent of the overhead MV network, along with approximately eight thousand pole locations. Within the LV network, 990 km of lines and around 28 thousand pole locations will be upgraded. A significant portion of the funds will be allocated to revitalising the MV and LV networks supplying rural areas of municipalities in the north,” said Zoran Đukanović, CEDIS Executive Director, on this occasion.
Đukanović also noted that the Project continues the intensive investment activities carried out by CEDIS in the previous period, and recalled that substantial investment had been made in the low-voltage network throughout Montenegro through the electronic meter installation project, in which more than €100 million has been invested to date. “In addition to installing meters, over the past two years CEDIS has invested around €25 million in the primary and secondary networks to ensure a more secure and higher-quality electricity supply,” Đukanović emphasised.
“It is particularly gratifying that this important and costly Project is being implemented by companies from Montenegro, thereby giving a significant boost to the Montenegrin economy in addition to achieving its primary objective—a more reliable and higher-quality electricity supply,” Đukanović said, adding that he was confident the project would confirm their ability to meet high quality standards.
“We are faced with a complex task, but I am confident and, on behalf of the Consortium, guarantee that we will carry out all activities to the highest standard,” said Nikola Kovačević, representative of the Consortium comprising “Mezon” d.o.o. Danilovgrad, “Electro Team” d.o.o. Budva and “Ramel” d.o.o. Nikšić.
The project will ensure a more reliable and higher-quality electricity supply, reduce the number of outages, and create the infrastructure prerequisites for connecting new customers.
CEDIS has also begun implementing a so-called “pilot project”, involving the upgrade of the 10 kV “Podgorica iz Podanja” overhead line, which will be used to test key aspects of the Project.
In the previous period, our company also allocated an additional €4 million to revitalise the MV network and issued a public call for tenders for works under the Second Project for the Revitalisation of the Medium-Voltage Network throughout Montenegro. The bids are scheduled to be opened in January 2019.
