Domestic Market of Energy Resources: Current State and Future Prospects

The new government with Vladimir Putin at the helm has proved unprepared for the liquidation of RAO UES of Russia. It turns out, as the assets of the holding company have been distributed, that there is no scheme for regulating the industry. Furthermore, the very concept of the operation of the power industry is currently a heap of controversies resulting from years of bureaucratic procedures and unceasing political compromises.

The government has found itself pressed for time on the threshold of the upcoming heating season and the need for building a new regulatory system virtually from scratch and on the fly. All this coincides with rapid growth in gas prices and the liberalisation of the electric power market. The probability of deficit of these resources in the national economy in the near future adds to that.

The Report offers an in-depth discussion of the following subjects

• Power industry without RAO UES

  • Interim industry reform outcomes
  • Sale of generation and its beneficiaries
  • System faults and the outcomes of the redistribution of assets

• New system of government regulation in the industry

  • Those in charge of the power industry
  • The role of the Energy Ministry

• System of pricing for gas and electricity

  • Exchange trade
  • Long-term contracts
  • Gas supply and demand issues
  • Fuel market and difficulties providing power plants with energy resources
  • Programme for positioning power industry facilities

• Gazprom strategy in the power industry

  • Integration of assets having been acquired and failure of the SUEK takeover deal

• A medium-term forecast of developments

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