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in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine

March 2, 2012. 

No. 350/20663

ORDER OF THE MINISTRY OF FUEL AND ENERGY OF UKRAINE

of February 13, 2012 No. 91

About modification and amendments in User Rules for Operating Electrical Equipment

According to requirements of the Law of Ukraine "About power industry", the Regulations on the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the Presidential decree of Ukraine of April 06, 2011 No. 382, for the purpose of reduction in compliance with requirements of the legislation, and also observance of single provisions and requirements concerning the organization of operation of electroinstallations of consumers of electricity which accomplishment will ensure reliable, safe and effective functioning of these electroinstallations I ORDER:

1. Make changes to User Rules for Operating Electrical Equipment approved by the order of Mintoplivenergo of Ukraine of July 25, 2006 No. 258, registered on October 25, 2006 for No. 1143/13017, having been reworded as follows them which is applied the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.

2. To the director of the department of power industry (Low-flow S. Ya.) in accordance with the established procedure to submit this order on state registration to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.

3. This order becomes effective in 6 months after state registration in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, but not earlier than day of its official publication.

4. To impose control over the implementation of this order on the deputy minister Cech S. M.

 

Minister Yu. Boyko

Approved by the Order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of July 25, 2006 No. 258

(in edition of the Order of the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry from 13 февреля 2012 No. 91)

User Rules for Operating Electrical Equipment

I. Scope of application

1.1. These rules establish the main organizational and technical requirements to operation of electroinstallations and electric equipment (further - electroinstallations) consumers and are aimed at providing reliable, safe and rational operation of electroinstallations.

Rules extend to the operating electroinstallations on tension to 150 kV inclusive belonging to subjects of managing - to consumers of electricity irrespective of patterns of ownership and departmental accessory which use electrical energy for ensuring own requirements based on the agreement, and also the population which on the property rights has electroinstallations on voltage over 1 kV.

Rules extend also to the population which is owners of electroinstallations on tension to 1 kV, regarding measurement of resistance of isolation of electrical wiring.

Requirements to operation of generators of power plants, synchronous compensators, cable lines with oil-filled cables of consumers of any tension, and also power transformers, autotransformers, reactors, air-lines of electricity transmission and electroinstallations of consumers on voltage over 150 kV are established according to the industry regulating document of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine GKD 34.20.5072003 "Technical operation of power plants and networks. Rules", the approved order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of June 13, 2003 No. 296.

1.2. Rules are obligatory for the workers performing operation of electroinstallations of consumers, management functions, regulations of the modes of power consumption, inspection of electroinstallations of consumers, and also the companies, organizations and organizations of all patterns of ownership which perform research, proyektnokonstruktorsky and project works, production, delivery, installation, adjustment, testing, diagnostics, repair of electroinstallations of consumers.

1.3. All operating electroinstallations of consumers, and also those which are designed, constructed, reconstructed or are modernized, shall meet the requirements of regulatory legal acts, the existing rules of arrangement of electroinstallations and other normative and technical documents.

1.4. Technical operation of electroinstallations of consumers can be performed by the special rules established in industry. Industry rules shall not contradict these Rules and Rules of safe operation of electroinstallations of consumers approved by the order of Committee on supervision of labor protection of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine of January 09, 1998 No. 4, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on February 10, 1998 for No. 93/2533.

1.5. Operation of electrical household appliances in conditions of production is performed according to requirements of the manufacturing companies and these rules.

1.6. The state supervision (control) of fulfillment of requirements of these rules is exercised according to requirements of the legislation the central executive body on the state energy supervision also by Public service of mountain supervision and industrial safety of Ukraine.

ІІ. Normative references

In these rules requirements of such normative legal acts are applied:

The law of Ukraine "About metrology and metrological activities";

The law of Ukraine "About power industry";

The law of Ukraine "About fire safety";

Economic code of Ukraine;

Civil code of Ukraine;

Regulations on the state energy supervision of the modes of the consumption of electrical and heat energy approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of August 07, 1996 No. 929 (in edition of the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of February 13, 2006 No. 131);

Procedure for investigation and accounting of accidents of the non-productive nature approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of March 22, 2001 No. 270;

Procedure for issue of permissions to performance of works of the increased danger and on operation (application) of machines, mechanisms, the equipment of the increased danger approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of October 26, 2011 No. 1107;

Procedure for conducting the investigation and accounting of accidents, occupational diseases and accidents on production approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of November 30, 2011 No. 1232;

Rules of protection of the power networks approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of March 04, 1997 No. 209;

The instructions for use electrical energy approved by the resolution of the National commission of regulation of power industry of Ukraine of July 31, 1996 No. 28 (in edition of the resolution of the National commission of regulation of power industry of Ukraine of October 17, 2005 No. 910) registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on August 02, 1996 for No. 417/1442;

Regulations on carrying out by bodies, organizations and institutions of the state sanedsluzhba of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine certifications of sanitary laboratories of the companies and organizations on the right of carrying out sanitary and hygienic researches of factors of the production circle and labor process for certification of workplaces under the terms of the work approved by the order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine of April 21, 1999 No. 91, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on October 07, 1999 for No. 686/3979;

The regulations on professional study of personnel on production approved by the order of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine of March 26, 2001 No. 127/151, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on April 06, 2001 for No. 315/5506;

Instructions from accounting and investigation of technological violations in the work of energy economy of consumers approved by the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of August 04, 2006 No. 270, of Ukraine registered in the Ministry of Justice on August 22, 2006 for No. 993/12867;

Instructions about procedure for creation of the act of ecological, emergency and technological armor of electric utility service of the consumer approved by the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of January 19, 2004 No. 26, of Ukraine registered in the Ministry of Justice on February 04, 2004 for No. 154/8753;

GSTU 45.016-2000 Constructions of communication underground. General requirements to protection against corrosion;

GSTU 2767-94 the Management on loading of power dry transformers;

GSTU 3463-96 the Management on loading of power oil transformers;

GSTU 3645-97 Admissible excesses of temperature and test methods on heating;

GSTU 7114:2009 Explosive environments. Part 1. Electric equipment. Explosion protection type: blast-tight cover of "d";

GSTU IES 60079-6:2009 Explosive environments. Part 6. Electric equipment. Explosion protection type: oil filling "0";

GSN 3.3.6.037-99 Sanitary standards of production noise, ultrasound and infrasound approved by the resolution of the Chief state health officer of Ukraine of December 01, 1999 No. 37;

GSN 3.3.6.042-99 Sanitary standards of microclimate of the production rooms approved by the resolution of the Chief state health officer of Ukraine of December 01, 1999 No. 42;

ГСанПиН No. 198-97 the State sanitary standards and rules in case of performance of works in not switched off electroinstallations up to 750 kV inclusive approved by the order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine of July 09, 1997 No. 198;

Gsanpin No. 3.3.6.096-2002 Gosudarstvennye sanitary standards and rules during the work with sources of the electromagnetic fields approved by the order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine of December 18, 2002 No. 476, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on March 13, 2003 for No. 203/7524;

GOST 3484.1-88 (V. СЭВ 1070-78) Transformers power. Methods of electromagnetic testing;

GOST 3484.5-88 Transformers power. Testing of tanks for hermeticity;

GOST 12.1.004-91 SSBT Fire safety. General requirements;

Production GOST 12.2.003-91 SSBT Equipment. General requirements of safety;

The GOST 30339-95 Electric utility service and electrical safety of mobile (inventory) is handed over from metal or with metal framework for street trade and consumer services of the population. Technical requirements;

The GOST 1516.3-96 Electric Equipment of Alternating Current on tension here 1 to 750 kV. Requirement to the electric durability of isolation;

GOST 13109-97 Electrical energy. Electromagnetic compatibility of technical means. Regulations of quality of electrical energy in utility power systems of general purpose;

GKD 34.35.603-95 Maintenance of devices of relay protection and electroautomatic equipment of power networks 0,4-35 of kV. The rule approved by the Department of Energy and electrification of Ukraine on October 05, 1995;

GKD 34.35.507-96 Operational switchings in electroinstallations. Rules of the accomplishment approved by the Department of Energy and electrification of Ukraine on September 01, 1996;

GKD 34.35.604-96 Maintenance of devices of relay protection, antiemergency automatic equipment, electroautomatic equipment, remote control and the alarm system of power plants and substations of 110 kV - 750 kV. The rule approved by the Department of Energy and electrification of Ukraine on October 13, 1995;

GKD 34.35.511-2002 Rules of connection of electroinstallations of consumers to special automatic equipment of the shutdown of loading (SAVN) approved by the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of July 29, 2002 No. 449;

GKD 34.20.507-2003 Technical operation of power plants and networks. The rule approved by the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of June 13, 2003 No. 296;

GND 34.20.567-2003 Rules of use of system antiemergency automatic equipment of prevention and liquidation of the dangerous decrease in frequency in power supply systems approved by the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of December 01, 2003 No. 714, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on December 18, 2003 for No. 1177/8498;

GND 34.12.102-2004 Regulations on special preparation and training in questions of technical operation of power generation facilities approved by the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of February 09, 2004 No. 75, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on April 05, 2004 for No. 418/9017;

SOU 31.4-21677681-21:2010 Stationary lead-acid rechargeable batteries. The standard maintenance instruction, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the order of February 03, 2010 No. 40;

ITS SOU-N 20.302:2007 Norma of testing of electric equipment approved by the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of January 15, 2007 No. 13;

SOU 31.2-21677681-19:2009 Testing and control of condition of devices of grounding of electroinstallations. The standard instruction, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the order of December 29, 2009 No. 772;

SOU 40.1-21677681-06:2009 High-voltage inputs from 110 kV to 750 kV. The standard maintenance instruction, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the order of March 27, 2009 No. 179;

ITS SOU-N 20.402:2007 Acceptance in operation of the power networks completed by construction of facilities by tension from 0,38 to 110 (150) kV. Installation, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the order of December 29, 2006 No. 540;

ITS SOU-N 20.502:2007 Air-lines of elektroperedavayemost of 35 kV and above. The maintenance instruction, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the order of July 09, 2007 No. 324;

ITS SOU-N 20.577:2007 Technical diagnosing of electric equipment and contact connections of electroinstallations and air-lines of electricity transmission means of the infrared equipment. Methodical instructions, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the order of February 15, 2007 No. 89;

SOU-N MPE 40.1.20.563:2004 Accident elimination and violations of the mode at the power companies and in power pools. Prevention of technological violations in electric part of the power companies and power pools and their liquidation. The instruction, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the order of December 30, 2004 No. 847;

SOU-N MPE 40.1.20.509:2005 Operation of power cable lines up to 35 kV. The instruction, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the order of February 15, 2005 No. 77;

ITS SOU-N 46.302:2006 Preparation and carrying out the hromatografichesky analysis of the free gases which are selected from the gas relay, and the gases dissolved in insulating oil of oil-filled electric equipment. Methodical instructions, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the order of December 29, 2006 No. 539;

ITS SOU-N 46.501:2006 Diagnostics of the oil-filled transformer equipment by results of the hromatografichesky analysis of the free gases which are selected from the gas relay, and the gases dissolved in insulating oil. Methodical instructions, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the order of December 29, 2006 No. 539;

ITS SOU-N 20.304:2009 Norma of the testing of power cable lines up to 500 kV approved by the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of March 13, 2009 No. 145;

ITS SOU-N 43.101:2009 Acceptance, application and operation of transformer oils. Norma Otsenika of the quality approved by the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of February 25, 2009 No. 113;

NAPB B.02.005-2003 Standard regulations on instructing, special training and examination concerning fire safety at the companies, in organizations and the organizations of Ukraine, the Ministry of Ukraine approved by the order concerning emergency situations and for protection of the population against effects of the Chernobyl catastrophic crash against September 29, 2003 No. 368, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on December 11, 2003 for No. 1148/8469;

NAPB B.06.001-2003 the List of positions, in case of appointment to which faces shall undergo training and examination concerning fire safety, and procedure for their organization, the Ministry of Ukraine approved by the order for emergency situations and for protection of the population against effects of the Chernobyl catastrophic crash against September 29, 2003 No. 368, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on December 11, 2003 for No. 1147/8468;

NAPB A.01.001-2004 of the Fire safety regulation in Ukraine approved by the order of the Ministry of Ukraine concerning emergency situations of October 19, 2004 No. 126, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on November 04, 2004 for No. 1410/10009;

NAPB B.01.034-2005/111 of the Fire safety regulation in the companies, at the companies and in the organizations of energy industry of Ukraine, the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine approved by the order of July 26, 2005 No. 343, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on October 19, 2005 for No. 1230/11510;

NPAOP 40.1-1.01-97 Rules of safe operation of electroinstallations approved by the order of the State committee of Ukraine on supervision of labor protection of October 06, 1997 No. 257, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on January 13, 1998 for No. 11/2451;

NPAOP 40.1-1.21-98 Rules of safe operation of electroinstallations of consumers approved by the order of Committee on supervision of labor protection of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine of January 09, 1998 No. 4, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on February 10, 1998 for No. 93/2533;

NPAOP 0.00-4.12-05 Standard regulations on procedure for carrying out the training and examination concerning labor protection approved by the order of the State committee of Ukraine on supervision of labor protection of January 26, 2005 No. 15, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on February 15, 2005 for No. 231/10511.

ІІІ. Terms, determinations of concepts, reducings

3.1. In these rules terms and determinations are used in such values:

emergency armor of electric utility service of the consumer - the smallest size of electric power and the minimum daily size of power consumption which in case of complete stop of production provides: safety of life of people; prevention of damage of the capital equipment and systems of heating of the consumer; preserving emergency, security lighting and alarm system; preserving minimum admissible level of ventilation and sewerage; work of fire extinguishing systems, drainage system and drainage; prevention of negative effects of technogenic and natural nature;

the emergency - object condition which did not turn into accident however is characterized by possible violation of operating mode of electric equipment and/or service conditions in case of which all adverse influences of sources of danger on workers, the population and the environment, contain in acceptable limits by means of the appropriate technical means;

accident (technological) - failure, breakdown, damage, failure, violation of normal operating mode of electric equipment;

hardly accessible space (room) - space in which because of its small size performance of works is complicated and natural air exchange is insufficient;

explosion-proof electrotechnical product (the electrotechnical device, electric equipment) - the electrotechnical device of special purpose executed in such a way that the possibility of flash of the surrounding explosive environment as a result of operation of this device is eliminated;

the operating electroinstallation - electroinstallation or its site which are energized or on which tension can be given turning on of switching devices, and also the air-line placed in the action area of the specified tension or having crossing with the operating air-line;

duplication - independent accomplishment by the operational, operativnoproizvodstvenny worker (doubler) of professional obligations on workplace under the supervision of the experienced worker with obligatory passing of antiemergency and fire-proof training;

ecological armor of electric utility service of the consumer - the minimum level of consumption of electrical energy by the consumer (except the population) which provides premises for prevention of emergence of emergency situations of technogenic and natural nature;

operation (technical) - complex of the works connected with fulfillment of requirements of these rules, and also other regulatory legal acts and normative and technical documents concerning use of electrical and heat energy, arrangement, structure, maintenance, repair of the equipment and operational management of electroinstallations;

power network - set of electroinstallations for transfer and distribution of electrical energy;

electric substation - the electroinstallation intended for acceptance, transformation and distribution of electrical energy;

electric economy (further - electrical facilities) - buildings, constructions, the equipment intended for production or transformation, transfer, distribution or consumption of electrical energy;

electric equipment - devices in which it is made, transformed, will be transformed is distributed or consumed the electric power; switching devices in distributing devices of electroinstallations; all types of protection of electroinstallations;

the electrotransfer organization - subject of managing which obtained the license NKRE for the right of implementation of business activity on transfer of electrical energy the high-level and interstate power networks or local (local) power networks, and also subject of managing which obtained the license NKRE for the right of implementation of business activity on transfer of electrical energy local (local) power supply networks and the license NKRE for the right of implementation of business activity on delivery of electrical energy on the regulated rate, performing the activities in the fixed territory;

the electrotechnical service (department, group) - structural division of the consumer which according to the conferred powers performs the organization of technical operation repair, safe servicing of own electroinstallations and provides electric utility service of current collectors of the consumer;

electroinstallation - complex of the interconnected equipments and constructions which intend for production or transformation, transfer, distribution or consumption of electrical energy;

the closed space (room) - the space limited to surfaces which have hatches (manholes), with the sizes interfering easy and bystry access through them of workers and complicating natural air exchange;

the customer - legal entity or physical person which orders performance of works, delivery of products, the provision of services connected with capital construction will organize tendering (tenders), signs agreements (contracts), controls the course of construction and exercises technical supervision of it, carries out calculations for the delivered products, the performed works, the provided services, accepts complete works;

means of the measuring equipment - the technical tool which is used during measurements and has the normalized metrological characteristics;

protective automatic switching off of food - automatic disconnection of one or several linear conductors and, in case of need, the neutral conductor which is carried out for the purpose of electrical safety;

instructing - bringing to workers of contents of the main requirements concerning the organization of safe work and rules of safe operation of electroinstallations of consumers, the analysis of the made or possible mistakes on workplaces of persons who are instructed, increasing knowledge and skills of safe performance of works and knowledge of fire safety regulations;

calibration of means of the measuring equipment - determination in certain conditions or control of metrological characteristics of means of the measuring equipment;

capital repairs - repair which is performed for renewal of operability and complete or almost complete renewal of resource of product with replacement or renewal of any its parts, including basic;

the consumer's head - the official performing the common directorship of economic or productive activity of the consumer;

complete distribution installation - the electric distribution equipment completed from cases or blocks with the equipment which is built in at them, control units, control, protection, automatic equipment and the alarm system which is delivered to the national teams or prepared for assembly for internal or outside installation;

complete transformer substation - the substation consisting of cases or blocks with built in in them by the transformer and other equipment of distribution installation which is delivered to the national team or prepared for assembly;

power line - the element of electrosupplying system intended for transfer and distribution of electrical energy by tension to and over 1 kV without change of its parameters;

power generation facility - power plant (except nuclear part of nuclear power plant), the electric substation, power network connected to the integrated power system of Ukraine and also the boiler room connected to the high-level thermal network, the high-level thermal network;

accounting technical - accounting of quantity and quality characteristics of flows of energy which are used by the energy consumer for the internal settlements;

servicing (technical) - complex of works on maintenance of operability of the equipment during its use. Testing of the equipment, devices, survey of the equipment, garter of contact connections, dolivaniye of insulating oil, testing and measurement of insulating characteristics and so forth belong to maintenance of electric equipment;

operational maintaining - management of condition of the equipment in case of which switchings in electroinstallations are carried out in case of the consent of operational workers of the appropriate (certain) level;

operational management - management of condition of the equipment in case of which switchings in electroinstallations can be carried out only according to the order of operational workers of the appropriate (certain) level and in the sequence set by them;

operational switchings - actions by switching devices which aim at change of the scheme of electroinstallation or condition of the equipment;

person responsible for electrical facilities - the electrotechnical worker to whose duties direct accomplishment of functions concerning the organization of technical and safe operation of electroinstallations of the consumer whose appointment is performed by the administrative document of the consumer belongs;

switchings simple - switchings which include no more than four transactions with switching devices in the main scheme of electric connections or circles of relay protection, antiemergency and regime automatic equipment and do not influence reliability of work of power supply system;

switchings difficult - switchings which need (require) certain sequence and coordination of actions of operational workers in case of transactions with switching devices, grounding disconnectors and devices of relay protection, antiemergency and regime automatic equipment;

the company - the business entity created for satisfaction of public and personal needs by systematic implementation of productive, nauchnoissledovatelsky, trading, other economic activity according to the procedure, provided by the Economic code of Ukraine and other regulatory legal acts;

checking of means of the measuring equipment - establishment of suitability of means of the measuring equipment to which the state metrological supervision, to application based on results of control of their metrological characteristics extends;

running repair - repair which is carried out for providing or renewal of operability of product and consists in replacement and (or) renewal of its separate parts;

workers administrative and technical - the consumer's head, his deputies, chiefs of workshops, departments, services, sites, laboratories and their deputies, masters, engineers and other officials to whom administrative functions are assigned;

workers production are workers whose work is directly connected with production processes of the consumer (operation, repair, installation, adjustment of the equipment, vehicles, constructions, buildings, and so forth);

workers electrotechnical are workers, the position or profession of which is connected with servicing of electroinstallations which passed examination in NPAOP 40.1-1.21-98 and have the corresponding group on electrical safety;

workers electrotechnological are workers, the position or profession of which is connected with operation of electrotechnical part of production equipment which obligations do not concern servicing of its electric drive;

workers operational (persons on duty) are workers who are on watch in change and are allowed to operational management and/or operational switchings;

workers operational and production are production workers who underwent special education and training in operational servicing in the approved amount of electric equipment fixed to them;

the receiver of electrical energy (electroreceiver) - the device in which the electrical energy will be transformed to other type of energy for its use;

repair - complex of transactions on renewal of operability or operability of products and renewal of resources of products or their components;

settlement (commercial) accounting of electrical energy - determination based on measurements and other regulated procedures in the cases provided by the Instructions for use electrical energy approved by the resolution of the National commission of regulation of power industry of Ukraine of July 31, 1996 No. 28 (in edition of the resolution of the National commission of regulation of power industry of Ukraine of October 17, 2005 No. 910) registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on August 02, 1996 for No. 417/1442, of quantity (amount) of electrical energy and value of capacity for implementation of commercial calculations;

system of maintenance and repair - the set of the interconnected means of documentation of maintenance, repair and contractors necessary for maintenance and renewal of product quality entering this system;

the specialized organization - business entity which carries out works the increased dangers or operation of machines, mechanisms, the equipment of the increased danger, the determined Procedure for issue of permissions to performance of works of the increased danger and on operation (application) of machines, mechanisms, equipment of the increased danger, by the approved resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of October 26, 2011 No. 1107;

special preparation - additional training of workers of the consumer who have basic and (or) complete higher educations, vocational training for their preparation for accomplishment of the functional obligations, and also additional training of workers who are involved in performance of works with the increased danger or where there is need for professional selection, according to requirements of normative legal acts. Special preparation is carried out prior to independent work and in case of work stoppage over one year;

the consumer of electrical energy (further - the consumer) - the legal entity or physical person using electrical energy for ensuring requirements of own electroinstallations based on the agreement;

training - acquisition by person of practical experience of accomplishment of shop orders and obligations on workplace of the company after theoretical preparation for the beginning of independent work under direct management of the experienced specialist;

technical (control) means of accounting - means of accounting which are applied by business entity to control of consumption of electrical energy, loss analysis of electrical energy in own power networks and so forth;

putting into operation - the action fixing readiness of object, the power station for proper use which is drawn documentary up in accordance with the established procedure;

cycle of maintenance of devices of relay protection, automatic equipment and telemechanics and antiemergency automatic equipment, - the operation period between two close preventive renewals during which in certain sequence the established categories of maintenance provided by the relevant normative and technical documents are carried out.

3.2. In these rules such reducings are used:

AB - the rechargeable battery;

AVR - automatic inclusion of reserve;

APV - automatic repeated inclusion;

ACS - automated control system;

ASUE - automated control system for the consumer's electrical facilities;

ASNP - automated control system for the company;

AChR - automatic frequency unloading;

VEU - the wind electrical unit;

I SHOUT - open distribution installation;

Д - transformer cooling system with natural circulation of oil and blasting;

GISTs VE - State test certified center of explosion-proof and rudnikovy electric equipment;

DRL - dugorazryadny mercury lamp;

DTs - transformer cooling system with forced air circulation and oils;

EMU - electromagnetic management;

SIT - means of the measuring equipment;

SDTK - means of dispatching and technological management;

ZRU - the closed distribution installation;

ZRUE - the closed distribution installation gas-insulated;

KZ - short circuit;

C - the cable line;

CREWE - complete distribution installation (internal arrangement);

KRUE - complete distribution installation gas-insulated;

KRUN - complete distribution installation (external arrangement);

KTP - complete transformer substation;

LVZh - flammable liquid;

M - transformer cooling system with natural oil chilling;

ND - regulatory legal acts and normative and technical documents;

NDTs - transformer cooling system with forced air circulation and oils (directed flow of oil);

NH - the non-working course of the transformer;

NTs - transformer cooling system with directed circulation of oil in windings and forced through air cooler;

OVB - operational mobile team;

OKGT - type optically the fiber cable which is built in in lightning-protective cable;

OPN - the limiter of retension;

PAS - antiemergency automatic equipment;

PSE - Rules of structure of electroinstallations. Electric equipment of special installations, the Ministries of Labour and Social Policy approved by the order of June 21, 2001 No. 272 (NPAOP 40.1-32-01);

PBEES - The rules of safe operation of electroinstallations of consumers approved by the order of Committee on supervision of labor protection of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Ukraine of January 09, 1998 No. 4, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on February 10, 1998 for No. 93/2533 (NPAOP 40.1-1.21-98);

PIVE - rules of testing of explosion-proof electric equipment;

PIVRE - rules of testing of explosion-proof and rudnikovy electric equipment;

PPEE - The instructions for use electrical energy approved by the resolution of the National commission of regulation of power industry of Ukraine of July 31, 1996 No. 28 (in edition of the resolution of the National commission of regulation of power industry of Ukraine of October 17, 2005 No. 910) registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on August 02, 1996 for No. 417/1442;

VL - electricity transmission air-line;

PPB - The fire safety regulations in Ukraine approved by the order of the Ministry of Ukraine concerning emergency situations of October 19, 2004 No. 126, registered in the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on November 04, 2004 for No. 1410/10009;

UROV - the device of reservation of failure of switches;

POE - rules of arrangement of electroinstallations;

РЗАиЕ - relay protection, automatic equipment and telemechanics;

RPN - regulation energized;

RU - distribution installation;

SAON - special automatic equipment of shutdown of tension;

VULTURE - самодерживаемй the isolated wire;

SUSA - specialized educational institution;

SSBP - occupational safety standards system;

TN - tension transformer;

TORAHS - system of maintenance and repair;

Shopping mall - the current transformer;

C - transformer cooling system with directed circulation of water and oil;

The designations entered according to Chapter 1.7 of POE:

IT - system in which the network of food is isolated from the earth or is grounded via devices or (and) devices which have big resistance and open leading parts of electroinstallation are attached to the conductor grounded by RE-;

The PT-conductor - the protective conductor in electroinstallations on tension to 1 kV intended for protection against defeat by electric current;

The PEN conductor - the conductor in electroinstallations on tension to 1 kV who combines in himself functions of protective (RE-) and neutral (N-) of conductors;

TN - system in which the network of food has deaf grounding of one point of conducting parts of the power supply and electroreceivers and open leading parts of electroinstallation join this point by means of respectively N-or M - and protective RE-conductors;

TT - system which one point of conducting parts of the power supply is grounded and open leading parts of electroinstallation are attached to the RE-conductor connected to grounding, electrically independent of grounding to which the point of conducting parts of the power supply is attached.

ІV. Organization of operation of electroinstallations

1. Obligations of workers

1.1. This Section establishes requirements to workers which work is connected with operation and servicing of electroinstallations of consumers.

1.2. The head of the consumer shall provide:

proper operation of electroinstallations according to requirements of these rules and other ND;

reliable work of electroinstallations and their safe servicing;

accomplishment of actions for prevention of use of technologies and methods of work which negatively influence the surrounding environment;

observance of the set modes of consumption of electrical energy and capacity;

easy access on the objects of authorized persons of the central executive body for the state energy supervision, representatives of the electrotransfer organization (on presentation of the official ID), provision of information and documents necessary for implementation of the powers by it by them, and also accomplishment of the issued instructions in the specified terms.

1.3. For ensuring safe and reliable operation of electroinstallations, as a rule, at the consumer the electrotechnical service (department, group) with the necessary number of electrotechnical workers, depending on class of supply voltage, complexity of works on servicing of electroinstallations is created.

1.4. For direct accomplishment of functions concerning the organization of operation of electroinstallations the consumer's head the administrative document shall designate person responsible for electrical facilities which will replace it in case of absence (leave, disease).

The administrative document concerning appointment of person responsible for electrical facilities, and faces which will replace it is published after the successful examination concerning technical operation of electroinstallations, fire safety and labor protection and assignment to these persons ІV of group on electrical safety for servicing of electroinstallations on tension to 1 kV or the V group on electrical safety for servicing of electroinstallations on voltage over 1 kV.

1.5. Person responsible for the consumer's electrical facilities shall have the corresponding group on electrical safety and the higher education on the corresponding direction (specialty) of energy profile, and also length of service on this direction:

for person with complete higher education (with obrazovatelnokvalifikatsionny level the specialist, the master) - at least 1 year;

for person with basic higher education (with obrazovatelnokvalifikatsionny level the junior specialist, the bachelor) - at least 2 years.

If at the consumer electroinstallations II and III of categories on reliability of electric utility service on tension to 1 kV are used, it is allowed to designate, by way of exception, person responsible for the consumer's electrical facilities, from number of persons employed, having group on electrical safety not below ІV and length of service:

with vocational training in the corresponding direction (specialty) - at least 3 years;

with complete general secondary education which had special training, - at least 4 years.

1.6. In case of economic inexpediency of creation of electrotechnical service (department, group) at the consumer who has electroinstallations II and III of categories on reliability of electric utility service on tension to 1 kV electroinstallations of the consumer are transferred according to the service agreement of the specialized organization.

1.7. Accomplishment of obligations of person responsible for electrical facilities, or her deputy can be performed in combination.

In the presence the consumer has positions of the chief power engineer of obligation of person responsible for electrical facilities are, as a rule, assigned to it.

Fulfillment of duties of person responsible for electrical facilities is allowed, to assign to the deputy chief power engineer.

Consumers at whom the installed capacity of electroinstallations does not exceed 10 kW, the deputy of person responsible for electrical facilities cannot appoint.

At consumers who treat the population and are owners of electroinstallations to voltage over 1 kV, person responsible for electrical facilities it is not appointed. Operation of these electroinstallations is carried out according to requirements of Item 1.9 of this Chapter.

1.8. Person responsible for electrical facilities, consumers who have the introduction distributing device up to 380 V and electrical facilities which consists of the household and lighting fixtures placed in rooms without the increased danger and not being in vzryvo-and pozharnoopasny zones can not appoint.

The consumer's head after carrying out by the electrotransfer organization of instructing in questions of technical operation of electroinstallations of consumers in the amount corresponding ІІ to group on electrical safety is responsible him for accomplishment of functions concerning the organization of technical and safe operation of such electroinstallations and conditions of power consumption. It is instructed during the conclusion or renewal of the agreement on delivery of electrical energy.

1.9. Operation of electroinstallations on voltage over 1 kV which owner is the population is allowed if the owner has the V group on electrical safety or signed the service provision agreement concerning servicing of these electroinstallations with the electrotransfer or specialized organization. The owner of electroinstallation or, in case of the conclusion of the relevant agreement, the electrotransfer or specialized organization provide accomplishment of actions for the organization of operation of electroinstallations according to requirements of these rules.

If the owner of electroinstallation independently performs the organization of operation of this electroinstallation, completeness and sufficiency of developed actions he shall approve with the relevant territorial authority of the central executive body on the state energy supervision.

1.10. For performance of works in the operating electroinstallations (which belong to objects of the increased danger) or for their servicing the consumer has the right to attract the specialized organization.

Operation of electroinstallations of consumers by the specialized organization shall be provided according to requirements of these rules.

1.11. Operation of electroinstallations of the consumer in case of absence is forbidden:

own electrotechnical, electrotechnological workers of the corresponding qualification;

service provision agreements concerning servicing of electroinstallations with the electrotransfer or specialized organization in case of impossibility of independent implementation of the organization of operation of own electroinstallations by the consumer.

1.12. Person responsible for the consumer's electrical facilities, taking into account power consumption and structure of energy consumer equipment shall provide:

a) development and holding organizational and technical actions which include:

content of electroinstallations in working order and their operation according to requirements of these rules, POE PBEES, instructions for labor protection and other ND;

observance of the modes of power consumption and contractual conditions of consumption of electrical energy and capacity set by the electrotransfer organization;

accomplishment of actions for preparation of electroinstallations of the consumer for work during the autumn and winter period;

rational use of electrical energy;

the optimum modes of overflow of the reactive electric power and economic regimes of operation of the compensating devices;

implementation of the automated systems and devices of measurement and accounting of electrical energy;

timely and high-quality repair of electroinstallations;

accident prevention and injury rate in electroinstallations;

safe operation of electroinstallations;

increase in reliability of work of electroinstallations;

training and examination of these Rules PBEES, POE PPEE, PPB, job and operational descriptions and instructions for labor protection for electrotechnical (electrotechnological) workers;

protection of the surrounding environment (depending on the assigned functions);

b) enhancement of electric utility power grid of the consumer with allocation to reserve external nutritious lines of current collectors of ecological and emergency armor;

c) increase in level of industrial safety, development of complex of the actions directed to prevention of injury rate, death of animals, damages to machinery, possible negative ecological and other effects in case of the termination or restriction of the electric utility service performed in accordance with the established procedure;

d) operation of electroinstallations according to requirements of the Instruction for accounting and investigation of technological violations in the work of energy economy of consumers approved by the order of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine of August 04, 2006 No. 270, of Ukraine registered in the Ministry of Justice on August 22, 2006 for No. 993/12867;

ґ) development and observance of expense rates of fuel, electrical energy, their timely review during enhancement of the production technology and implementation of the new equipment;

e) carrying out engineering certification of electroinstallations;

e) accounting and control of consumption of electrical energy and capacity and development of actions for their decrease. Accomplishment of the set power consumption modes;

є) development with involvement of technological and other divisions, and also specialized institutes and project organizations of perspective plans of decrease in power consumption of products which are turned out, implementation of energy-saving technologies, heat recovery installations, use of secondary fuel and power resources, implementation of progressive forms of economic incentives;

g) accounting and the analysis of accidents which happened in electrical facilities, and also taking measures to elimination of the reasons of their origin;

h) development of maintenance instructions of electroinstallations and networks, instructions for labor protection and fire safety and training programs for employees of electrotechnical service;

i) provision of information upon the demand of the central executive body on state energy supervision according to requirements of ND;

і) maintaining documentation on electrical facilities according to requirements of ND;

ї) observance of requirements of sanitary standards and rules concerning working conditions on workplaces of workers according to requirements of the Section VІ of these rules.

Obligations of the specialized organization concerning servicing and/or operation of electroinstallations of the consumer are determined in the service provision agreement concerning servicing of these electroinstallations with the electrotransfer or specialized organization.

1.13. The worker who revealed violation of these Rules or noticed defect of electroinstallation, collective or individual remedy shall report about it to the direct head, and in case of its absence - to the head of the highest level.

When defect in electroinstallation makes explicit danger to people or to the installation, the electrotechnical worker on condition of observance of requirements of safety rules, with the subsequent message on this case to the direct head can eliminate this defect.

1.14. The head of the consumer is responsible for the nenadlezhayushchy organization of operation and servicing of electroinstallations.

Heads and specialists of technological services, person responsible for the consumer's electrical facilities, within the powers are responsible for proper fulfillment of requirements, provided by these Rules and the corresponding job descriptions.

Workers who directly service electroinstallations and workers who carry out repair of the equipment shall fulfill properly the duties determined by the corresponding job descriptions.

Heads and specialists of electrotechnical service shall fulfill timely and properly the duties concerning maintenance of the equipment and take necessary antiemergency measures.

2. Requirements to workers and their preparation

2.1. The main requirements to workers concerning carrying out training and examination concerning labor protection according to requirements of GND 34.12.102-2004, of briefings, special training and examination concerning fire safety, and also the list of positions, in case of appointment to which faces shall undergo training and examination concerning fire safety, and procedure for their organization are determined by NPAOP 0.00-4.12-05, of NAPB B.02.005-2003 in case of performance of works in the electroinstallations placed in explosive or pozharnoopasny zones according to requirements of NAPB B.06.001-2003.

2.2. In electroinstallations, specially prepared electrotechnical workers shall perform servicing of electroinstallations of consumers, including accomplishment of repair, installation, adjustment work and operational switchings, namely: administrative and technical, operational, production and operational and production workers of the consumer or employees of the specialized organization (under the agreement).

Servicing of installations of electroengineering procedures (electric welding, electrolysis, electrothermics and so forth), heavy lift gears, manual electrical machines, figurative and portable current collectors, difficult power saturated production processing equipment to which operating time it is necessary to carry out constantly technical supervision specially prepared electrotechnological workers having skills and knowledge for safe performance of works of maintenance of the installation assigned to them shall perform change, adjustment of maintaining the technological modes with regular means of regulation of electrical accessories, electric drives.

2.3. The electrotechnological employees of manufacture workshops and sites performing operation of electrotechnological installations shall have group on electrical safety not below ІІ.

Heads of structural divisions to whom electrotechnological workers are directly subordinated shall have group on electrical safety not below, than at subordinate workers. They shall perform technical guidance of these workers and control of their work.

2.4. The workers servicing electroinstallations of consumers or engineering procedures which are based on use of electrical energy shall have age more than 18 years.

In case of employment, and also periodically in operating time the state of health of these workers shall make sure medical examination.

2.5. The consumer's head according to requirements of GND 34.12.102-2004 taking into account power consumption and structure of the energy equipment shall approve relevant provisions about special training and training of electrotechnical and electrotechnological workers concerning technical operation of electroinstallations of consumers.

2.6. In the course of labor activity electrotechnical and electrotechnological workers pass according to requirements of GND 34.12.102-2004 the following forms of education concerning technical operation of electroinstallations:

instructing;

periodic training in specialized educational institutions (further - SUSA);

annual training at the company of power industry;

special preparation;

training;

duplication;

antiemergency trainings.

2.7. Annual training at production there undergo electrotechnical and electrotechnological workers who are engaged at works with the increased danger or where there is need for professional selection. Lists of these workers, scheduled plans of carrying out annual training at production and periodic training of SUSA, affirm the consumer's head.

As a rule, annual training at production is provided with involvement of administrative and technical workers of the consumer (electrotechnical services) and SUSA.

2.8. The consumer's workers who provide production processes on power generation facilities have special training. The list of such workers is determined by each consumer according to requirements of GND 34.12.102-2004.

Special training of workers is performed according to individual programs taking into account education, the corresponding qualification and the previous work experience of the worker on power generation facilities.

2.9. The worker having the years of service in at least three years passing from one workplace to another and at the same time nature of its work and type of the equipment at which it will work do not change it is exempted from passing of training.

Duration of training of the worker is established individually depending on the got education, specialty, work experience, post.

Upon termination of training and examination production workers are allowed to independent work, and operational - to duplication.

Duplication duration on workplace is established by the decision of the commission on examination and depends on qualification of the worker and complexity of the equipment which it will service, and at least than six changes last.

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