On December 17, 2024, Vice Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kudaibergen Arymbek held a meeting with the population of Kostanay region, during which he spoke about the current situation in the fuel and energy complex of the region.
"The issues of providing electricity and heat are one of the main tasks of the Ministry. In order to increase the reliability of operation in the current heating season, repairs were carried out in 2024 on boiler No. 4 and on 2 turbines No. 1,3 of the Rudnenskaya CHPP, on 4 boilers No. 1,2,4,5 and on turbines No. 1,2 of the Kostanay CHPP, as well as repairs on boiler No. 3 and turbines No. 1,2 of the Arkalyk CHPP,"- the Vice Minister noted.
Rudnenskaya TPP is the main source of electric energy, with an installed electric capacity of 267 MW. At the same time, the missing amount of electricity is supplied to the region from the Ekibastuz-Pavlodar energy complex (JSC "EEC" Aksu) and Petropavlovsk (JSC "Sevkazenergo").
The largest regional energy transmission company in the region is EPK-forfait LLP, which has 11.9 thousand km of cable and overhead power transmission lines and about 3.2 thousand substations in its assets. Network wear is 80%.
This year, it is planned to build a 110 kV overhead line with a length of 21.1 km and the Shygys substation.
The total cost of the project (excluding 10% MB) is 3.5 billion tenge. As a result of the project, about 26 thousand people in the city of Tobol and the village of Michurinskoye will be provided with high-quality and uninterrupted electricity supply.
At the same time, the region also has 3 operating renewable energy facilities with a total capacity of 98.3 MW, including 2 wind power plants with a capacity of 98 MW, and 1 biogas plant with a capacity of 0.35 MW. There are also 4 renewable energy projects planned for implementation with a total capacity of 250 MW.
The level of gasification in Kostanay region is 58.7%, or 487 thousand people (out of 835 thousand people) have access to natural gas.
As a result of the projects in 2024, 5.3 thousand people will additionally have access to natural gas.
For 2025, 1 billion 196 million tenge is provided for the completion of the project "Construction of gas distribution networks in the village of Kushmurun, Auliekolsky district, Kostanay region."
After the report, the Vice Minister held a personal reception for citizens, during which residents were able to receive detailed and complete answers to their questions.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/energo/press/news/details/904075