Published on: 2026-10-01
Source: Moscow Government – Московское правительство –
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The heating season in the capital began on October 1. Currently, more than 40 percent of residential buildings and over 50 percent of significant social facilities are receiving heat, said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Housing and Communal Services and Improvement. Petr Biryukov.
“Specialists of the urban utilities complex have today started activities to switch the heating system to winter mode, organizing heat supply to city facilities, primarily to social institutions and apartment buildings. All work is proceeding normally and according to schedule; as of 6:00 PM on October 1, heating has been turned on in more than 40 percent of homes and more than 50 percent of social facilities,” noted Petr Biryukov.
The supply of the heat carrier is carried out in stages — heating is switched on at all city facilities over several days. First, heat is provided to social institutions, apartment buildings, and office buildings, then to trade and industrial enterprises.
A total of more than 74 thousand facilities were prepared for the autumn-winter period, including over 34 thousand residential buildings. All work was completed within the established deadline — by September 1. From May to September, hydraulic and temperature tests of heating networks were carried out, which helped to identify unreliable sections in advance and repair them.
Head urban infrastructure complex he emphasized that the necessary maintenance work had been carried out on more than 130 thousand kilometers of electrical networks, about 3.5 thousand kilometers of gas pipelines, over 13.2 thousand kilometers of water supply networks, and 9.8 thousand kilometers of sewer networks. The required number of emergency teams have been formed.
Heating has started to be turned on in Moscow
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