E-Distributie Muntenia invested 230 million RON in in digitalization and grid modernization this year

E-Distributie Muntenia, the electricity distribution operator part of the Enel Group, invested almost 230 million RON in digitalization and modernization of the equipment and the electricity grids in Ilfov and Giurgiu counties, and in Bucharest. Of the current planned investments, over 60 million RON have been allocated to 110 KV lines and stations, 73 million RON to medium and low voltage lines, 30 million RON to supply points and secondary stations, and almost 40 million RON to measuring equipment.

In Bucharest, Giurgiu and Ilfov, E-Distributie Muntenia has scheduled for 2020 the installation of approximately 80,000 smart meters. In total, the three Romanian distribution companies of the Enel group install over 170,000 smart meters this year, in the areas where they operate. The investment amounts to over 56 million RON leading to 900,000 Enel customers benefiting from this technology by the end of 2020.

“The safety in supplying our customers is a priority to us. The investment programs carried out by E-Distributie Muntenia drove improvements in the quality, resiliency and efficiency of our distribution system. These investments increase the reliability of the installations, improve the quality of the distribution service, and ensure the necessary power both for the existing consumers and for new connection requests. Complex  projects are being implemented, covering the modernization, digitalization, amplification of the installed power, introduction of secondary stations into the telecontrol system and the replacement of the power lines to align them to the standards in force”, said Gino Celentano, General Manager of E-Distributie Banat, E-Distributie Dobrogea and Muntenia.

Following the investments started this year in Bucharest, 12 secondary stations are being modernized to the benefit of 280,000 household and industrial customers.

Throughout this year, the distribution company carried out works of over 10 million RON, aimed at the modernization and structural consolidation of the most important secondary station, București Nord. It has an installed power of 240 MVA and supplies energy to the centre of Bucharest, respectively Dorobanți, Ștefan cel Mare, Piața Romană, Bulevardul Tei, Piața Victoriei, Calea Victoriei, Banu Manta, Titulescu, Kiseleff, Șoseaua Nordului, Nicolae Caranfil, Calea Griviței. Modernization works on the energy installations at Obor and Filaret stations were also started this year.

In total, E-Distributie Muntenia has allocated approximately 21 million RON to the new equipment of the three 110 kV secondary stations, to the benefit of over 180 thousand electricity consumers in Bucharest.