Confirmation of Energy Facility Management Plan Including City Gas Pipelines

Ministry of Industry Confirms and Announces '1st Infrastructure Management Plan' for 5 Types of Energy Facilities

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The government finalized and announced the management plan for five core energy infrastructures through 2025 on the 29th.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced that it has prepared the '1st Infrastructure Management Plan' for high-pressure city gas pipelines, oil pipelines, heat transport pipelines, high-voltage transmission lines, and power generation dams.

Safety information for each facility will be databased (DB) and linked with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's integrated infrastructure management system for management.

An official from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy explained, "It is significant in that it systematizes different safety management systems for each facility within a large framework and presents long-term goals for maintenance, management, and performance improvement of infrastructure to be used in the long term."

To manage systematically, four plans were established: management goals, maintenance plans, performance improvement plans, and management finances.

First, key management targets were selected to finalize the subjects of the management plan and management goals from this year through 2025 were presented.

The goals are ▲ establishing a proactive safety management system ▲ managing safety grades at 'normal' or above ▲ developing and introducing smart maintenance technologies ▲ developing performance evaluation systems ▲ creating an investment environment, setting management goals for each facility.

To maintain and manage the facilities, periodic status surveys will be conducted. The surveyed information will be databased. A safety grading system will be implemented to maintain grades at 'normal' or above. Facilities that do not hinder safety management but require repair or reinforcement measures will be assigned a 'normal' grade.

Performance improvements such as replacement, relocation, and expansion will be conducted based on quantitative evaluations of technical feasibility, economic feasibility, and policy aspects.

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy plans to prepare and announce 'performance improvement standards' for each facility. Specific standards such as weighting and evaluation items will be created and guidance will be provided to management entities.

Profits generated from business activities by each management entity will be used as management funds. These funds will be used to cover costs for facility maintenance, installation, and repair works.

The Ministry plans to establish and announce minimum maintenance and performance improvement standards to ensure smooth implementation of the 1st Infrastructure Management Plan. It will also promote institutional improvements such as introducing a detailed safety diagnosis system and further subdividing and expanding the safety grading system.

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