North – West Engineering Center

1. North – West Engineering Center

2. About the company • The company was incorporated on May 23, 2003 by “RAO UES” of Russia. • The company includes 5 design and consulting firms having a wide-range expertise in power engineering in Russia and abroad : • “Tulaenergosetproject” – founded in 1961, 120 employees • “SevZapEnergosepprtoject” – founded in 1962, 250 employees • “ZapadSelEnergoproject” – founded in 1949, 100 employees • “SevZapVnipienergoprom” – founded in 1952, 215 employees • “SevZapEnergomontagproject” • Filial in Pskov – founded in 1961 • Filial in Smolensk – founded in 1962. • In May 2008 the company was integrated into JSC “Energostroyinvest – Holding” – a group of companies providing “turn – key” service for implementation of power engineering projects .

3. Information technologies Competences Investments 28.10.2004 ОАО «СЗВЭП» ОАО «СЗЭСП» ЕДИНОЕ United ЕДИНЫЕ ЕДИНАЯ ЕДИНАЯ ЕДИНЫЕ ЕДИНЫЙ Сев Зап Staff Commerce Т Н Ц ОАО «СЗЭМП» ОАО «ЗСЭП» Scientific and technical base Management ОАО «ТЭСП» Finances

4. MAIN ACTIVITIES DESIGNING AND CONSULTING: • elaboration of power supply and heat supply development schemes for regions, cities and communities, industrial zones and enterprises; • complex designing of electrical power transmission and distribution grids of all classes of voltage; • complex designing of electrical power generation and thermal power generation projects basing on steam–gas and gas–turbine technologies with automated energy units • complex designing of thermal grids of all types of laying, up to 1400 mm in diameter. SURVEY RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING PROJECT MANAGEMENT

5. North -West of Russia Center of Russia Kazakhstan Romania Syria Cuba Mongolia Libya Viennam Egypt Laos India Indonesia GEOGRAPHY OF BUSINESS Far East

6. STRATEGICAL RUSSIAN CUSTOMERS FEDERAL GRID COMPANY GAZPROM Generation company “OGK - 6” Regional generation company “TGK-1” Regional electrical power distribution company MRSK

7. Main projects of NWEC. Power system development projects. NWEC elaborates perspective schemes of electrical power supply and heat supply of regions, cities, communities and industrial users. • General scheme of electrical power supply of St. Petersburg for the period up to the year 2015, considering the future development up to the year 2025. • General scheme of heat supply of St. Petersburg for the period up to the year 2015, considering the future development up to the year 2025. • Scheme of development of the North – West power system of 220 kV and above.

8. Main projects of NWEC. LARGEST SUBSTATIONS • 750/500/220 kVCherpovetskaya SS: SF-6 insulated equipment of ABB an Siemens, group of single phase transformers of 1250 MVA, shunt reactor, automated control. • 330 kV Frunzenskaya SS • 330 kV Yougnaya SS • 220 кVVstrecha SS • 750 kV Leningradskaya • 220/110 кVZabolotie SS: 2x100 MVA power transformers, GIS equipment of ABB. • 750 kV Kalugskaya SS • 750 kV Lipetskaya SS

9. Main projects of NWEC. Biggest high voltage lines • 750 кV TL “Kalinin NPP – Cherepovets”, length – 270 km. • 750 kV TL “LNPP – Leningradskaya SS”, length 270 km • 500 кV“Gitikara – Ulke”, length 487 km • 330кV TL «North transit», length – 750 km. • 220 кV“South Kilchiyuy – Varandey”, length 160 km • 500 KV TL crossing of Amur river in heavy seismic zone

10. Main projects of NWEC. Generation • Kirishskaya thermal power plant, 2100 MWt, 1 234Gkal/h – installation of two new Units of 280 MWt. • Power plant Pravobergnaya - steam unit 450 MWt, 350 Gkal/h • South West power plant in St. Petersburg, 540 MWt, 660 Gkal/h • North – West power plant in St. Petersburg, 1800 MWt, 1460 Gkal/h • Okhinskaya power plant, 102 MWt, 241 Gkal/h, Far North of Russia

11. Main projects of NWEC. • Thermal grids • Thermal pipeline from North –West Thermal power plant to Primorskaya boiler house: length 12 km, pipe diameter 1400 mm. • Pipeline bridge for highway crossing in St. Petersburg, pipe diameter 1000, 1200, 1400 mm. • Pipe line from Vorkutinskaya power plant to Vorkuta city – permanent frost conditions

12. Unique design elaborations of NWEC Research and design laboratory for electrical grid structure development – the unique one in Russia. All standard towers for 35 – 1150 kV TL are developed in the laboratory. • Specialists of the laboratory designs: • steel towers for TL of all classes of voltage • towers of bended steel sheets for 35 – 500 kV TL • big crossing towers • foundations for difficult soil conditions • foundations for permanent frost conditions • screwed pile foundations • solutions for shifting of towers on new foundations without switching off the line

13. Commercial activity of the company 2006-2009 Signed contracts

14. Company of the future The company is certified as per requirements of ISO 9001:2000. A system of automated designing with utilization of “Primavera” software, 3D technologies is in a process of implementation. The personnel is trained in the corporate university established in the company with purpose of providing knowledge of new technologies in the industry to employees. The company has partner relations with main technical state universities of Russia: • Implementation of scientific developments in practice • Work with students as future specialists of the company • Professors of the technical state universities are invited for lecturing in the corporate university of the company. • Key specialists of the company work make lectures in state technical universities.

15. KEY FIGURES OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY OF THE COMPANY2006-2008 Thous.rub.