Communications with Governmental Bodies and Public Organisations

Building effective information channels with target audiences and implementing the Rosseti Group’s unified communication policy is Rosseti Kuban’s priority in the area of government relations and public relations.

In the reporting year, Rosseti Kuban, PJSC was actively present in the public space of the regions, providing information support for working meetings of the Company’s management with representatives of federal, regional and municipal authorities.

During 2023, the mass media covered a number of working meetings of Rosseti Kuban, PJSC management with the participation of representatives of Rosseti Group, the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, and the authorities of the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygeya:

• A working meeting chaired by Andrey Proshunin, the Vice‑Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, on grid connection of land plots allocated to families with many children for individual housing development (January 2023)
• A working meeting between Boris Ebzeev, Acting General Director of Rosseti Kuban, PJSC, and Veniamin Kondratiev, the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory, on operating in the autumn and winter period, the prospects for upgrading the region’s energy infrastructure, and the results of work to consolidate power grid facilities, which is being carried out in accordance with the Strategy for the Development of Russia’s Electric Grid Sector (March 2023)
• A working meeting between Boris Ebzeev, Acting Director General of Rosseti Kuban, PJSC, and Murat Kumpilov, Head of the Republic of Adygeya, on the development of the republic’s power grid complex, plans for the renovation and construction of power facilities, and the creation of new power capacities for the implementation of major investment projects in the region (May 2023)
• A meeting of the Government Commission for Electricity Supply Security on the preparation of electric power industry entities of the Southern Federal District for the 2023/2024 heating season, chaired by Nikolai Shulginov, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, with the participation of Boris Ebzeev, Acting General Director of Rosseti Kuban, PJSC (August 2023)
• A meeting to prepare the region for the autumn‑winter period of 2023/2024 under the leadership of Veniamin Kondratyev, the Krasnodar Territory Governor, with the participation of Edgar Armaganyan, First Deputy General Director of Rosseti Kuban, PJSC (September 2023)

Also in the reporting period, the following PR campaigns were held:

• Information support for the implementation of the Company investment and repair programmes, the preparations to and operations during autumn and winter of 2023/2024
• Prevention of non‑contractual and unaccounted consumption of electricity
• Prevention of electric injuries to outsiders, including children and adolescents, at power grid facilities
• Explanation concerning the connection procedures for the Company grids (including the meetings with small and medium‑sized business representatives), extending the list of additional services, the fulfilment of energy service contracts for the installation of remote electricity meters for the customers to reduce the electricity losses
• Creation of awareness among the customers in the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Adygeya about the acts of illegal electricity meter replacement by third parties
• Informational support for Rosseti Kuban’s activities during massive blackouts under hazardous natural phenomena