Operational acceptance of the completed facility

The procedure and conditions of acceptance of the completed facilities into operation are specified by the "Procedure of acceptance of the completed facilities into operation", approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, Resolution No. 461 dated 13.04.2011, "Aspects of acceptance of the completed facilities into operation", or in accordance with current Ukrainian regulations and legal documents,valid as of the date of the facility's commissioning.

Upon receiving from the Contractor of written notification about completion at site of all the civil, erection and commissioning works the Employer or its authorized representative sets up the committee for drawing up and signing the Certificate of readiness of Facilities to operation that includes representatives of Employer, Contractor, designer, operational service and trade union.

The Contractor is obliged to prepare and submit to the Committee Certificates and all required documents in accordance with requirements of valid norms and rules of operational acceptance of facilities backbone power networks after construction or rehabilitation, including:

· list of utilities (subcontractors) participating in the performance of building and erection works with indication of types of works performed by them and names of engineers and technicians directly responsible for performance of these works;

· set of production drawings (as-built documentation) for the construction of the equipment presented for acceptance;

· certificates, technical passports or other documents, certifying quality of materials, structure sand components used in construction and erection works;

· covered-up works survey certificates and acts of intermediate inspection of separate responsiveconstructions (bearing metal and reinforced concrete constructions);

· acts of individual testing and installed equipment tests;

· reports of testing of communication devices, installations of radio, signalization and automationat their transposition;

· reports on actions performed when building at the site with subsidence grounds, high groundwater level, underground openings, karsts;

· act of test of devices providing explosion safety, fire safety and lightning protection;

· registers of works execution and field supervision.

At the completed site, all works shall be performed as provided by working documentation and state standards, building regulations, equipment to be assembled and tested, safe conditions of industrial safety, fire and anthropogenic safety, ecological protection and sanitary standard shall be arranged.

Defects and faults detected during construction shall be removed prior to the complex testing.

Complex testing shall be performed by the Employer with Contractor's personnel involvement, after completion of all construction and installation works.

Facility complex testing beginning is the moment of its energization.

Prior to signing of certificate of readiness of Facilities to operation the committee shall:

· verify the correspondence of the performed construction and installation works to the working;

· documentation, to standards, construction norms and work performance rules;

· verify the quality of the erected construction and installation works and evaluate them.

Based on results of equipment complex testing relevant records and certificate of readiness of Facilities to operation shall be prepared.

In the case of operational acceptance of the facility in I or IV quarter the terms of execution of certain types of works on land improvement and facade finishing may be postponed, but based on adverse weather conditions only. List of such works and terms of its execution are defined by Employer an dare recorded in the certificate and Declaration of readiness of Facilities for operation.

In case of disclosure of any defects or faults, the Committee makes a list of them and indicates terms of defects elimination, agreed with Contractor. List of defects shall be an essential annex to Certificate and shall be signed by Head of Committee and Contractor. In that case Employer should not sign and submit for registration Declaration of facility readiness for operation; and repeated address to the Employer by Contractor about facility readiness is acceptable only after eliminating of all comments and written notification of Employer about it.

On the grounds of approved certificate of readiness of the completed facilities for operation Employer or its authorized representative signs the Declaration of readiness of the completed facilities for operation and submit it for registration to the relevant State Architecture and Construction Inspectorate at the facility's location.

For registration of Declaration Employer or its authorized representative submits to Inspectorate two completed copies of Declaration. After the registration one copy is returned to Employer and the second one remains in the Inspectorate.

The Inspectorate checks the completeness of data indicated in Declaration and register it.

In the case the Declaration does not meet the requirements the Inspectorate returns it for improvement with explanation of reasons for return.

After the removing of reasons for return of Declaration for improvement the Employer may once more address the Inspectorate for Declaration registration.

The date of commissioning of the completed facility is the date of Declaration registration.

Annex №1

List of the main legal and other guidance documents, which should be guided by the Contractor in the implementation of the Project:

1) Law of Ukraine "On environment protection" No. 1264-XII dated 25.06.1991.

2) Law of Ukraine "On metrology and metrological activity".

3) Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On order of acceptance into operation of
completed facilities" No. 534 dated 20.05.2009.

4) GKD 34.20.302-2002. "Electrical equipment testing norms".

5) NAPB 05.028-2004. "Fire protection system of power facilities, individual sites and power units"

6) GKD 34.20.507-2003 "Technical maintenance of electric power plants and grids. Rules”.

7) GKD 341.004.001 -94 "Standards of technological design of a.c. power plants with highest
voltage level of 6-750 kV В".

8) GKD 343.000.004.003.001 -2001. "Fire safety instructions».

9) NAPB А.01.001 -2004. "Fire safety rules in Ukraine”.

10) NAPB В.01.034-2005/111 "Fire safety rules in companies and organisations of power sector of
Ukraine’.

11) NAPB 05.032-2002 "Instruction on designing of fire protection system of switchgears,
substations and transformers"

12) NAPB 05.28-2004. "Fire protection system of power facilities, individual sites and power units.
Instruction on designing and operation".

13) NAPB 06.015-2006. "List of premises and buildings of power facilities, with definition of category
and classification of fire-explosion hazard zones and fire hazard zones".

14) DNAOP 1.1.10-1.01 -2000 "Rules of safe operation of electrical installations".

15) DNAOP 0.00-1.21 -98 "Rules of safe operation of consumer's electrical installations".

16) SOU-N ЕЕ 20.302:2007 "Testing regulations of equipment".

17) SOU 45.21.3-00100227-22:2010 "Procedure of commissioning of facilities of backbone
electrical grids upon their reconstruction, re-equipment and modernisation".

18) GOST 9.307-89. "Hot zinc coatings. General requirements and test methods".

19) GOST 12.1.005-88 "General sanitary and hygienic requirements to air in working area".

20) GOST 12.1.004-91 revision1 "SSBT. Fire safety. General requirements".

21) DSTU 7237:2011 System safety standards. electrical safety. General requirements and nomenclature of species protection

22) GOST 12.2.007.0-75 revision 1, 2, 3, 4 "SSBT. Electrotechnical devices. General safety
requirements".

23) GOST 12.2.007.3-75 revision 1, 2, 3, 4 "SSBT. Electrotechnical devices of voltage above 1000
V. Safety requirements".

24) GOST 12.3.003-86. "Labour safety standards system (SSBT). Electric welding works. Safety
requirements".

25) GOST 12.3.009-76. "Labour safety standards system (SSBT). Load-lifting works. General safety
requirements".

26) GOST 12.3.016-87 "Anticorrosion works. Safety requirements".

27) GOST 12.3.032-84 revision 1 "SSBT. Wiring works. General safety requirements".

28) DSTU BА.3.2-7:2009 SSBT. Painting works. Safety requirementsи

29) GOST 12.3.040-85 "Construction. Roofing and hydro-insulation works. Safety requirements"

30) GOST 12.4.009-83. "Labour safety standards system (SSBT). Fire-fighting machinery for
protection of sites. Main types. Location and maintenance".

31) GOST 12.4.154-85 "SSBT. Shielded devices for protection from electrical fields of industry
frequency. General technical requirements, basic parameters and dimensions"

32) GOST 20.39.312-85 "Complex system of general technical requirements. Electrical products.
Reliability requirements".

33) GOST 21.204-93 "Conventional signs and images of elements of general layout plans and
transportation systems".

34) GOST 21.508-93. "Rules of issuing of working documents of general layout plans of
enterprises, structures, residential and civil sites".

35) GOST 21.602-79 System of design documents for construction "Heating, ventilation and air
conditioning".

36) GOST 27.003-90 "Reliability of machinery. Contents and ge neral rules of setting of reliability
requirements".

37) GOST 103-76 "Hot-rolled steel strip. Assortment"..

38) GOST 687-78 revision 1, 2 "AC circuit-breakers for voltages exceeding 1000 V. General
technical conditions".

39) GOST 689-90 revision 1 "AC disconnectors and earthing switches for voltages exceeding 1000
V. General technical conditions".

40) GOST 839-80 revision 1, 2 "Uninsulated wires for aerial power line. Technical conditions".

41) GOST 1508-78 revision 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 "Control cables with rubber and plastic insulation".

42) GOST 1516.2-97 "AC electrical equipment and installations for voltage level of 3 kV and above.
General testing methods of electrical durability of insulation"..

43) GOST 1516.3-96 "AC Electrical equipment on voltage level from 1 to 750 kV. Electric strength
of insulation requirements".

44) GOST 2590-88 "Round steel bars. Assortment".

45) GOST 2874-84 "Potable water".

46) GOST 5781 -82. "Hot-rolled steel for reinforcement of ferroconcrete structures".

47) GOST 5915-70 "Hexagon nuts, product grade B. Construction and dimensions"..

48) GOST 6323-79 "Wires with PVC-insulation for electrical equipment. Technical conditions".

49) GOST 6402-70 "Spring washers. Technical conditions".

50) GOST 6727-80 "Cold-drawn low-carbon steel wire for reinforced concrete".

51) GOST 7473-2010 "Ready-mixed concrete. Technical conditions".

52) GOST 7798-70 "Hexagon bolts, product grade B. Construction and dimensions".

53) GOST 8024-90 "Alternating current apparatus and devices for voltages above 1000 V.
Temperature rise at continuous duty. Norms and test methods"..

54) GOST 8239-89 "Hot-rolled steel flange beams".

55) GOST 8240-97 "Hot-rolled steel channels".

56) GOST 8509-93 "Hot-rolled steel equal-leg angles".

57) GOST 8510-86 "Hot-rolled steel unequal-leg angles".

58) GOST 8865-93 "Electrical insulation systems. Evaluation of heat resistance and classification"

59) GOST 9850-72 "Zinc-coated steel wire for conductor cores. Technical conditions"..

60) GOST 9920-89 "AC electrical installations for voltage from 3 to 750 kV. Creepage distance of
external insulation".

61) GOST 10434-82 revision 1, 2, 3 "Contact electrical joints. Classification. General technical
requirements".

62) GOST 10704-76 "Longitudinal electrically-welded steel pipes".

63) GOST 10985-80 revision 1 "Metallic cabinets, boards, boxes. Shells, racks. Basic dimensions".

64) GOST 11371 -78 "Washers. Technical conditions"..

65) GOST 12177-79 "Cables, conductors and wires. Methods of structure testing".

66) GOST 12969-67 revision 1, 2 "Nameplates for devices and machinery. Technical requirements".

67) GOST 12971 -67 revision 1, 2 "Rectangular nameplates for machinery and devices.
Dimensions".

68) GOST 13276-79 revision 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 "Line fittings. General technical conditions".

69) GOST 14192-96 "Marking of cargo".

70) GOST 14254-96 "Protection class, provided by housings (IP rating)".

71) GOST 14693-90 "Complete non-sealed switchgears, in metallic casing, voltage up to 10 kV.
General technical conditions".

72) GOST 15150-69 revision 1, 2, 3, 4 "Machinery, instruments and other technical products.
Versions for various climatic zones. Categories, operating conditions, storage conditions and
transportation conditions regarding impact of environmental climatic factors".

73) GOST 15543.1 -89 "Electrical products. General requirements regarding resistance to climatic
impacts".

74) GOST 16357-83 "Valve-type DC surge suppressors, for rated voltage 3.8 to 600 kV. General
technical conditions".

75) GOST 16442-80 revision 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 "Power cables with plastic insulation. Technical
conditions".

76) GOST 17516-72 revision 1, 2 "Electrical products. General requirements to environmental
mechanical stability".

77) GOST 17613-80 "Line fittings. Terms and definitions".

78) GOST 18410-73 "Paper insulated power cables. Technical conditions".

79) GOST 18620-86 revision 1 "Electrical products. Marking".

80) GOST 18690-82 revision 1, 2, 3 "Cables, conductors, ropes and cable fittings. Marking,
packing, transportation and storage".

81) GOST 19132-86 "Terminal contact blocks. General technical requirements"

82) GOST 19797-85 "Ceramic insulators for towers, for voltage over 1000 V, for indoor operation.
Types, basic parameters and dimensions".

83) GOST 19903-74 "Hot-rolled sheet steel".Definition

84) GOST 21130-75 revision 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 "Electrical products. Earth terminals and earth signs.
Design and dimensions".

85) GOST 21242-75 revision 1, 2, 3 "Flat or pin contact terminals of electrical equipment. Basic
dimensions".

86) GOST 30515-2013 «Cements. General specifications»

87) GOST 23216-78 revision 1, 2, 3 "Electrical products. Storage, transportation, temporary
corrosion protection and packing. General requirements and test methods".

88) GOST R 52085-2003 «Timbering. General specifications»

89) GOST R 52086-2003 «Timbering. Termsand Definition».

90) GOST 23478-79. "Timbering for monolithic concrete and reinforced concrete structures
erection. Classification and general technical requirements".

91) GOST 24183-80 revision 1, 2, 3, 4 "Power cables for fixed installation. General technical
conditions".

92) GOST 24259-80. Installation accessories for temporary fastening and a lignment of building
structures. Classification and general technical requirements.

93) GOST 25372-82 "Electric energy meters. Conventional signs"

94) GOST 26020-83 "Steel double T-beams with parallel self edges"

95) GOST 26411 -85 "Control cables. General technical conditions".

96) GOST 27751 -88 "Reliability of building structures and bases".

97) GOST 27772-88 "Rolled stock for steel building structures".

98) GOST 29322-92 "Standard voltages".

99) GOST 30206-94 (МЭК 687-92) "Static W-h counters for AC active energy (accuracy class 0.2S
and 0.5S)".

100) GOST 30586-98 "EMC of technical equipment. Lightning surge withstand. Protection methods".

101) GOST 52725-2007 "Non-linear overvoltage suppressors for AC installations, 3 to 750 kV".

102) DSTU 2977-95 "Industrial radio interferences. Terms and definitions".

103) DSTU 3413-96 revision 1, 2, 3, 4 "UkrSEPRO certification system. Products certification
procedure".

104) DSTU 3857-99 "Line fittings. Terms and definitions".

105) DSTU IEC 60227-1:2002 "PVC-insulated cables, for rated voltage 450 to 750 V inclusive. (part
1. General requirements)".

106) DSTU IEC 61268-2001 "Static counters for AC reactive energy (accuracy class 2 and 3)"

107) DSTU БА.2.4-4:2009. "Basic requirements to design and working documents".

108) DSTU БА.2.4-5-95 (GOST 21.001 -93). "System of design documents for construction. General
provisions".

109) DSTU БВ.2.7-30-95 "Building materials. Non-metalliferous materials for macadam and gravel
beds and coatings of automobile roads. Technical conditions".

110) DSTU БВ.2.7-46-96. "Building materials. General-purpose construction cements. Technical
conditions".

111) DSTU IEC 60044-1:2008 "Instrument transformers. Part 1. Current transformers".

112) DSTU IEC 60044-2:2008 "Instrument transformers. Part 2. Inductive voltage transformers".

113) DSTU ISO 9000:2007 Quality control systems. General provisions and glossary.

114) DSTU 2203-93 (GOST 6490-93) "Suspension line disc-type insulators. General technical
conditions".

115) DSTU 2651 -94 (GOST 380-94) "Ordinary quality carbon steel".

116) DSTU 3347-96 (GOST 8608-96) "Tower porcelain insulators, post-type, for voltage over 1000
V. General technical conditions".

117) DSTU 3760-98 "Reinforcing bars for RC structures".

118) DBN А.2.2-3-2004. "Contents, procedure of development, endorsement and approval of design
documents for construction".

119) DBN А.3.1 -5-96 revision 1 "Management, organisation and technology. Organisation of
construction production".

120) DBN А.2.1 -1-2008 "Engineering survey for construction".

121) NAPB 05.028-2004. "Fire protection system of power facilities, individual sites and power units"

122) DBN А.2.2-1-95 "Design. Contents of documents on evaluation of environmental impact during
design and construction of enterprises, houses and structures. General provisions for design".

123) DBN В1.1 -5-2000 "Buildings and structures in treated areas and sagging soils".

124) DBN В.1.1 -12:2006 "Construction in seismic areas of Ukraine".

125) DBN В.1.1.-7-2002. "Fire protection. Fire safety of construction sites".

126) DBN В.1.2-2:2006. "Reliability and safety system of construction sites. Loads and impacts.
Design codes".

127) DBN В.2.3-4:2007. "Transportation structures. Automobile roads. Part і. Design. Part ІІ.
Construction."

128) DBN В.2.6-31: 2006 "Thermal insulation of buildings".

129) DBN В.1.1 -12:2006 "Construction in seismic areas".

130) DBN В.1.2-2:2006 "Load and impacts".

131) DBN G.1 -4-95. "Rules of transportation, warehousing and s afekeeping of materials, products,
structures and equipment in construction".

132) SNiP 3.02.01 -87 revision 1 "Earthworks, bases and foundations".

133) DSTU -NBV.1.1-27-2010. Construction climatology.

134) DBN В.2.6-98:2009 Concrete and reinforced concrete structures. Main provisions.

135) DSTU B V.2.6-145:2010. Protection of concrete and reinforced concrete structures against corrosion.

136) DBNВ.2.5-64:2012. Domestic water supply and sewerage.

137) DBN В.2.5-74:2013 Water supply. Main provisions design.

138) SNiP 2.04.05-91 "Heating, ventilation and air conditioning".

139) SNiP 3.03. 01 -87 "Bearing and fencing structures".

140) DSTU -NBА.3.1-23:2013 Guidance on the work on installation of insulation, finishing, protective coating walls, floors and roofs of buildings and structures (SNiP 3.04.01-87, MOD).

141) SNiP 3.05.05-84. "Engineering equipment and engineering pipelines".

142) SNiP 3.05.06-85. Electrotechnical devices.

143) SNiP II-89-80 "General layout plans of industrial enterprises".

144) DBN А.3.2-2-2009 "SSBT. Industrial safety in construction. General provisions"

145) "Guidelines on design of grounding devices of power stations and substations, 3-750 kV AC".
Ministry of energy and electrification, 1987.

146) No. 2768-III dated 25.10.2001. Land Code of Ukraine.

147) No. 45/95-ВР dated 02.09.1995. Law of Ukraine "On ecological expertise".

148) No. 858-IV dated 22.05.2003. Law of Ukraine "On land management".

149) No. 1264-XII dated 25.06.1991. Law of Ukraine "On environment protection".

150) Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 17.11.1997, No. 1279 "On amounts and
Procedure of identification of losses of agricultural and forest production, to be compensated"
and "Procedure of identification of losses of agricultural and forest production, to be
compensated".

151) Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers dated 11.04.2001, No. 483 "On procedure of approval of
investment programs and construction projects, and their complex state expertise".

152) No. 1378 dated 11.12.2003. Law of Ukraine "On evaluation of land".

153) No. 554 dated 27.07.1995. Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On the list of types of
activities and sites representing high environmental danger".

154) No. 461 dated 13.04.2011. Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On commissioning of
completed facilities".

155) State sanitary norms and rules of protection of people against electromagnetic radiation, order
of the Ministry of Health Protection of Ukraine No. 239 dated 1.08.1996.

156) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to
Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention), 1999.

157) Operating manual for SF6 switchgears (GND 34.47.503-2004).

158) SOU 40.1 -32385941 -38:2011 "General technical requirements to design and operation of rigid
bus arrangement 110-750 kV"СОУ 40.1-32385941-38:2011 “Загальні технічні вимоги до проектування та експлуатації жорсткої ошиновки 110-750кВ”.

159) Technical requirements for the construction of "integrated security system of technological facilities of NEC Ukrenergo" of 17.04.2012.

Alternative standards of IEC for main high-voltage equipment, which have recommending nature in
Ukraine:

 

1) IEC 62271 -100:2001 "High-voltage switchgear and control gear. Part 100: High voltage
alternating-current circuit-breakers";

2) IEC 606694:1996 «Common specification for high-voltage switchgear and controlgear standards»;

3) IEC 60044-1:2003 «Instrument transformers – Part 1: Current transformers»;

4) IEC 60044-2:2003 «Instrument transformers – Part 2: Inductive voltage transformers»;

5) IEC 62271-102:2001 «High-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 102: Alternating current disconnectors and earthing switches».

6) IEC 60099 «Surge arresters».

7) EN 50081–2 Electromagnetic compatibility – Generic emission standard – Industrial environment.

8) EN 60255–6 Electric relays – Measuring relays and protection equipment Safety.

9) IEC 60 947-1 Ed/ 4.0 b: 2004 Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear.