The Minister of Energy emphasized that the development of the Far Eastern Federal District's energy sector requires the implementation of comprehensive measures aimed at meeting the growing demand for electricity, modernizing infrastructure, and improving the region's energy efficiency. "It is important to note that the growth in electricity consumption in the Far Eastern Federal District exceeds the national average. Between 2020 and 2024, peak power consumption in the Far Eastern Federal District increased by 9.08% to 12,126.2 MW," noted Sergei Tsivilev.
The Far East energy system is characterized by the fact that five regions (the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Amursky, Primorsky, Khabarovsky Regions, and the Jewish Autonomous District) are part of the Unified Energy System of the East, two (the Republic of Buryatia and Zabaikalsky Region) are part of the Unified Energy System of Siberia, and the power plants of four subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District – Kamchatsky Region, Chukotka Autonomous District, and Sakhalin and Magadan Regions– operate in their own isolated systems. "The Government of the Russian Federation has already made the appropriate decisions for each energy system to meet future electricity demand," the Minister said, noting that all of these decisions are reflected in the General Plan for the Placement of Electric Power Facilities through 2042.
Thus, the document provides for both the realization of the macroregion's hydroelectric potential (construction of the Ivanovskaya HPP, Svetlinskaya HPP, Nizhne-Zeyskaya HPP, etc.), and the development of nuclear generation: a nuclear power plant with a capacity of 2 GW will be built in Primorsky Region, and a small-capacity nuclear power plant will be built in the village of Ust-Kuyga in the Ust-Yansky District of Yakutia.
Renewable energy generation plays a key role in meeting electricity demand in the Arctic and Far East regions. In 2025, an additional competitive selection of investment projects for the construction of wind and solar power plants was held. A total of 1,564 MW of capacity, scheduled for commissioning in 2026-2028, was selected, of which 1,044 MW were solar power plants and 520 MW were wind power plants. A total of 250 MW of solar power plants previously selected under the Renewable Energy Capacity Supply Agreement (CSA) program from the Siberian Unified Power System (UPS) is also expected to be transferred to the Eastern UPES.