Over the past week 31.07.2009 - 06.08.2009 planned power compared to the previous week declined by 1.3%, as compared to the same period last year dropped by 10%, said the press release, NP The Market.

In 52 of the 64 subjects of the federation, united in the price zone of the wholesale market, said a planned reduction in power consumption compared to the same period last year.

The total volume of a planned power in the market for a day in advance for the past week amounted to 14.23 million megawatt hours • In the European part of Russia and the Urals routine power was 11.20 million • MW h, which is 1.6% lower than last week, and 10.7% less than during the same period last year. In Siberia, the planned power consumption was 3.03 million MW • h, falling to 0.3% as compared to last week, and 7.2% against the same period last year.

In the European part of Russia and the Urals over the past week, the changes in the structure of the generation of electricity by type of power were insignificant. In comparison with the same period last year, an increase in the share of nuclear power plants and hydro power plants develop in the decrease of TPP to develop 5,8%.

In Siberia for the past week there has been a significant increase in the percentage of making a planned hydroelectric power stations, as compared to the same period last year, making the proportion of hydroelectric power stations rose by 21.7%.

In the European part of Russia and the Urals in the TPP had 63.95% of, the HPP and NPP - 11.07% and 24.98% respectively. In Siberia, making the structure as follows: TPP - 28.86%, GES - 71.14%.

In 36 of the 64 regions monitored, compared to the previous week, an increase of indices of equilibrium prices for electricity. Reducing indices of equilibrium prices occurred in the Republic of Tuva, as well as in parts of the ECO Center, ECO Northwest and ECO South.

index equilibrium price below the value of the tariff for 2009 noted in 1 of the 64 observed regions.

equilibrium price index in the European part of Russia and the Urals during the week rose by 0.9% (and decreased by 21.9% compared to last year) - up to 702.29 EUR /MW • h. In Siberia, the index for the week rose by 21.5% (as compared to last year fell by 40.2%) - up to 370 EUR /MWh.

As at 4 August 2009, total debt market participants, down from July 28, amounting to more than 3 billion rubles, was 30.3 billion rubles. For pricing zones, the decrease of the debt worth about 1.7 billion rubles, according to non-price areas - reduction in the amount of about 1.4 billion rubles.

15 Jul, 2009 decree number 558 of the Russian government on grants budgets of subjects of the Russian Federation to eliminate inter-territorial cross-subsidies in the electricity industry. On the basis of this document to the budgets of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, received money for the elimination of inter-territorial cross-subsidies, resulting in debt to the wholesale market will decline.

As at 31 July 2009, total debt in the retail market to guarantee suppliers fell from 22 July in the amount of 9.2 billion rubles and amounted to 72.3 billion rubles.

Arrears in the retail market, as a rule, increases in the first half of the month, and decreases in the second, due to the usual practice, transactions between market participants: the basic charges for electricity are set out in the last two weeks of the month, notes the report.
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