Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev held a meeting on the energy sector of the Far Eastern Federal District. The meeting was attended by Russian Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev, Russian Minister for the Development of the Far East and Arctic Alexei Chekunkov, and heads of Far Eastern regions.
According to the Russian Ministry of Energy, in 2024, the total consumption of the United Energy System of the East, the energy systems of the Trans-Baikal Territory and the Republic of Buryatia, the Unified Energy System of the East, as well as isolated territories amounted to 74.3 billion kilowatt-hours, showing an increase of 5.2% compared to 2023. Over the next 18 years, the Far East is expected to maintain a growth rate of electricity consumption that exceeds the Russian average. Thus, in 2024-2030, it is predicted to be 4.9% (2.1% in the country) and 1.38% (0.94% in the country) in subsequent periods.
Yuri Trutnev instructed the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East, the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation, and the Far Eastern regions to submit to the Government of Russia and the Ministry of Energy of Russia data on the need to provide volumes of electricity and the need to build generation facilities. “The task is very simple: we need to provide all investment projects – both those already being implemented and those that will be created in the Far East – with electricity on time and at the most affordable prices,” the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.
According to Yuri Trutnev, plans to create new energy capacities should take into account not only the needs of investment projects already being implemented and those planned for implementation, but also create a surplus of electricity in the Far Eastern regions.