Establishment of the Live-line works Committee

• 5 mars 2019

Establishment of the Live-line works Committee

For a proper operation of teams

A permanent committee responsible for monitoring and updating the technical specifications of Live-Line Works (LLW), in electricity transportation and distribution operations, has just been established. The installation ceremony of its members took place on Monday, March 4, 2019, at the headquarters of the Holding Company. In addition to the chairman, this committee is composed of 12 representatives: Ministry of Energy, the CREG (Commission for Regulation of Electricity and Gas), Sonelgaz, GRTE (the Manager of Electricity Transportation Network), electricity and gas distribution companies SDC & SDA, the CREDEG (Electricity and Gas Research and Development Centre), IFEG (Institute of Training in Electricity and Gas), SMT (Occupational Health Company), SPE (the Electricity Production Company) and a representative of independent producers.

The LLW Committee is in charge of:

• Updating the technical regulations relating to LLW;
• Approving the approaches, technical and safety rules related to LLW as well as the programs and conditions for carrying out the work of authorizing and training the intervention, control, and safety staff;
• Approving the conditions of the systematic check and use of tools as well as the controls to be conducted to observe these conditions;
• Accrediting the necessary LLW materials and tools, based on a technical data sheet which specifies the characteristics, the conditions of use and their methods of operation, as well as the related control and testing resources;
• Accrediting LLW training centres and approving relevant training programs
• Approving LLW laboratories for periodic tests and possible repairs;
• Analysing accidentology in LLW.

During this installation ceremony, the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. Mourad Adjal, emphasized that LLW represent a profession in itself. As mentioning the previous committee, he noted that the work done will serve as a platform, and stated that a first meeting will soon be held in order to elaborate the road map and to successfully complete the onerous task entrusted to the committee.

For his part, CREG representative emphasized on the network maintenance activity that is placed
at the heart of the business of electricity transportation and distribution. While recalling the issuance of the two Orders of January and February 2015, defining the relevant technical procedures, he noted that the establishment of this Committee will continue the work that has been initiated.

In his speech, the CEO of Sonelgaz assured the members of this committee of his support and urged them to keep the dynamics of the committee. “Today, it is unacceptable to have disturbances of service continuity,” he stated. He also discussed the issues related to LLW (Reducing power cuts, maintaining a high level of facilities availability, guarantee a better level of safety for stakeholders thanks to the rigour of operating modes...). Mr. Arkab stated that « the experience, capitalized more than twenty years ago in the field, will allow to draw up an inventory of these works, to assess their contribution and adjust the training according to the mutations on our networks.”