09:38, 27 апреля 2017, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Julia KOSTENKO
A large 220 kV substation Kara-Balta, which energizes Panfilov, , Jaiyl and Sokuluk districts of Chui region of as well as Junda oil refinery, was modernized.
The substation was put into operation in 1976 with a single autotransformer. Under ADB project, morally and physically obsolete oil switches were replaced with modern ones. New sealed voltage transformers and current transformers were installed.
Currently, a lightning protection wire with fiber-optic cable was laid from the substation Kara-Balta to Glavnaya substation and further to Chuyskaya substation with a total length of , as well as from Kara-Balta substation to Frunzenskaya substation with the length of .