Heating has been turned on in 35% of apartment buildings in Nizhny Novgorod.

      September 24, 2025, 09:17 | Society

      Yesterday, on September 23, the heating season began in Nizhny Novgorod. The first heat carriers have been supplied to social institutions and residential buildings. According to the city head Yury Shalabaev, the start-up proceeded without incidents.

      The mayor said that heat has already been delivered to 60% of kindergartens and roughly the same share of schools, 40% of supplementary education institutions, 35% of apartment buildings and 22% of medical organizations.

      "The dynamics are good; the figures are higher than last year’s. During the week that is usually allotted for bringing the heating online, we will closely monitor the work of all organizations responsible for heat supply," Shalabaev noted.

      The Department of Housing and Engineering Infrastructure reminded that, in accordance with the city administration’s decree No. 11922 of September 18, the 2025–2026 heating season will start in the established order: first children’s and medical institutions, then apartment buildings, educational institutions and public buildings, and afterwards industrial enterprises.

      The department clarified that supplying heat to apartments is the responsibility of management companies, and adjustment of systems — involving resource-supplying organizations, DUKs and homeowners’ associations (TSZh) — can take up to seven days. The start-up involves 259 heat sources — CHP plants and boiler houses, more than 2,700 km of heat networks, and internal heating systems of over 8,000 residential and social facilities.

      In addition, 63 km of heat networks were replaced in the city before the start of the season. Another 70 km of pipelines are planned to be renewed by the end of the year; work will be carried out using temporary schemes, which will help maintain stable heat supply.

      A reminder: since September 23, a hotline on heat supply issues has been operating in Nizhny Novgorod.

      Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Energy approved Nizhny Novgorod’s heat supply scheme for 2026.

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