A consultative meeting of executive directors of companies working in the energy sector is being organized today.

The meeting will address the implementation of the energy sector’s plans, reports, winter operations in 2014-2015, difficulties facing the energy sector, generated decisions, general plans for winter preparation for 2015-2016, the winter preparation budget, and the presentation of information from the executive directors of the nation's energy companies, proposals and conclusions. 

As of 2014, the energy sector general system produced 5,476.7 kWh of energy, and 7,075.5 giga calories of energy. In comparison with 2013, the production of energy and power increased by 6.7 percent, or 344.4 million kilowatts, and thermal power production grew by 4.3 percent, or 305,200 giga calories.   

Presently, 10,340 employees are working at 21 energy companies. The company with the highest number of employees is Ulaanbaatar Electricity Distribution Network, with 1,728 employees.

In previous years, 21 companies were working in the energy sector with losses of 30.7 billion MNT, which decreased in 2014.  

The following projects were complete in 2014: increasing the capacity of Thermal Power Plant 4 by 50 MW, increasing the capacity of Thermal Power Plant 3 by 123 MW, the building of Amgalan Power Plant, and the building of thermal lines in Uvs, Khovd, and Khuvsugul aimags.

Minister of Energy D.Zorigt, Deputy Minister U.Purevbaatar, State Secretary of the Ministry of Energy D.Delgertsogt, and other officials of energy sector participated in the consultative meeting.