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- JSC "IENC" (Joint Stock Company "Irkutsk Electric Grid Company") is a Russia-based electric utility company primarily engaged in electric power transmission, distribution, and technological grid connection services across the Irkutsk Oblast in Eastern Siberia. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Irkutsk, Russian Federation, the company operates as a major grid infrastructure operator within the power segment of En+ Group. The company manages an extensive regional power grid system comprising high-voltage, medium-voltage, and low-voltage transmission lines, transformer substations, and distribution facilities. JSC "IENC" provides a systematic suite of utility products and grid services, which include transmission and distribution of electric energy across high-voltage regional networks and local distribution grids; technological connection and capacity allocation services for newly constructed and expanding residential, municipal, commercial, and industrial facilities; operation, preventive maintenance, repair, and diagnostic testing of electrical substations, power transformers, switchgear, overhead transmission lines, and underground cable networks; installation, calibration, and automated data integration for commercial electricity metering systems and intelligent smart meters; dispatch control, relay protection, automation maintenance, and emergency grid stabilization services; and specialized engineering, reconstruction, and modernization services for electrical grid infrastructure. The company caters to a diverse customer base spanning heavy industrial consumers, including metallurgical, chemical, oil and gas, and mining enterprises, alongside regional electricity retail suppliers, municipal utilities, commercial businesses, and residential communities. In recent years, JSC "IENC" has executed substantial strategic and operational developments under its comprehensive regional grid modernization program. To address severe distribution bottlenecks and surging power demand across the Irkutsk agglomeration and surrounding suburban districts, the company has undertaken major capacity expansion projects, constructing and commissioning new high-voltage substations and upgrading existing overhead transmission corridors. JSC "IENC" has also accelerated its digital transformation initiatives, deploying digital substation technologies, automated supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) platforms, and widespread smart metering infrastructure to reduce technical and commercial electricity losses. In response to unprecedented localized load growth associated with regional population expansion and high-density computing loads, the company has implemented specialized network reconfiguration protocols and reinforced power transformers to enhance grid reliability, while maintaining deep operational alignment with En+ Group's unified Siberian energy and distribution architecture.