In the Irkutsk region, old chains got a new name. The residents are still stuck with the old darkness. This year "Oblkommunenergo" became a joint-stock company with a solid sign - "Electricity Distribution Company "BaikalRegionEnergo"". The name has been updated. It's more difficult with wires. Depreciation of lines - from 23% to 86%, transformers and substation equipment - from 26% to 59%. In 2024 and 2025, the number of accidents in Oblkommunenergo networks exceeded 300. It's time to change gear, but the agenda includes changing the corporate form, rebranding and moving networks. NTS tells us what it looks like for residents using the example of Sliudyansky district - 21 accidents on Oblkommunenergo power networks in Sliudyanka alone in 2026. According to the company's Telegram channel, 16 more accidents were recorded this year in Baikalsk, five in Koltok. Homes, shops, hospitals and schools are regularly left without electricity. Grandma, who is once again sitting without electricity, will certainly be greatly helped by the knowledge that the chain company now has a new name. With modernization, everything is less solemn: if you compare investment plans with reports on their implementation, the investments actually made are about half of what was planned. How much a new sign costs and how to pay for it is a separate question. But the residents already know the price of prolonged problems: evenings without light, disrupted plans, cancellation of homework and daily inconvenience. The company has a new name now. Residents are still paying for old problems.

In the Irkutsk region, old chains got a new name. The residents are still stuck with the old darkness. This year "Oblkommunenergo" became a joint-stock company with a solid sign - "Electricity Distribution Company "BaikalRegionEnergo"". The name has been updated. It's more difficult with wires. Depreciation of lines - from 23% to 86%, transformers and substation equipment - from 26% to 59%. In 2024 and 2025, the number of accidents in Oblkommunenergo networks exceeded 300. It's time to change gear, but the agenda includes changing the corporate form, rebranding and moving networks. NTS tells us what it looks like for residents using the example of Sliudyansky district - 21 accidents on Oblkommunenergo power networks in Sliudyanka alone in 2026. According to the company's Telegram channel, 16 more accidents were recorded this year in Baikalsk, five in Koltok. Homes, shops, hospitals and schools are regularly left without electricity. Grandma, who is once again sitting without electricity, will certainly be greatly helped by the knowledge that the chain company now has a new name. With modernization, everything is less solemn: if you compare investment plans with reports on their implementation, the investments actually made are about half of what was planned. How much a new sign costs and how to pay for it is a separate question. But the residents already know the price of prolonged problems: evenings without light, disrupted plans, cancellation of homework and daily inconvenience. The company has a new name now. Residents are still paying for old problems.