Extensive activities undertaken by CEDIS to revitalise the distribution network are being carried out in accordance with the scheduled plans. Work is under way at numerous locations, with millions being invested, and the results will include higher-quality, safer and more stable electricity supply, particularly in rural areas throughout Montenegro.
As part of the most financially demanding project, which is being implemented on seven overhead lines (“Grahovo” in Nikšić, “Bijela” in Šavnik, “Gubavač” and “Tomaševo” in Bijelo Polje, “Dolac” in Berane, “Slap Zete” in Danilovgrad and “Krute” in Ulcinj), around 1,500 poles on the medium- and low-voltage networks had been replaced by the end of September. A total of 160,000 m2 of land beneath the overhead lines had also been cleared. We would like to remind you that approximately €12.4 million has been allocated for the first year of reconstruction of these seven overhead lines. The works are being carried out by a consortium comprising the Montenegrin companies “Mezon” d.o.o. Danilovgrad, “Electro Team” d.o.o. Budva and “Ramel” d.o.o. Nikšić, with which a framework agreement was signed in December last year for a period of 24 months for the purposes of the Medium-Voltage (MV) and Low-Voltage (LV) Power Network Revitalisation Project.
Preparatory activities are also being carried out in parallel to revitalise three more overhead lines: “Vrela” in Cetinje, “Mavrijan” in Ulcinj and “Krivošije” in Kotor. The total value of the works to be carried out on these three overhead lines, which supply around 1,800 customers, is approximately €4 million, while around €1.9 million has been allocated for the first year.
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In addition to the above, as part of its maintenance activities, CEDIS is also reconstructing 16 medium-voltage overhead lines, with approximately €1 million invested to date. By the end of September, CEDIS teams had completed the revitalisation of around 239 kilometres of network, replaced 1,227 poles and reconstructed 30 pole-mounted transformer stations at a voltage level of 10/0.4 kV. Our teams are currently working on the “Lipova Ravan”, “Kneževići”, “Babići” and “Miljkovać” overhead lines in Nikšić, as well as “Lutovo”, “Mataguži” and “Radio – predajnik” in the Podgorica municipality. Reconstruction is also under way in Cetinje (the “Cetinje” and “Meterizi” overhead lines), as well as in Berane (10 kV Luge overhead line), Ulcinj (10 kV Šas overhead line), Herceg Novi (10 kV Kameno overhead line), Kotor (10 kV Morinj overhead line), Kolašin (10 kV Skrbuša overhead line), Pljevlja (10 kV Komini overhead line) and Žabljak (10 kV Timar overhead line). Since the beginning of the year, CEDIS has allocated approximately €2 million for works carried out as part of maintenance.
We would like to remind you that over the next three years CEDIS will invest more than €50 million in MV and LV network reconstruction projects and maintenance. We expect that, by the end of next year, even remote rural households will have a significantly improved electricity supply as a result of our efforts and substantial investments.
