President of Russia
  • Events
  • Structure
  • Videos and Photos
  • Documents
  • Contacts
  • Search
  • Search this website
President of Russia
Mobile version

President's
website
sections

  • Events
  • Structure
  • Videos and Photos
  • Documents
  • Contacts
  • Search
  • Search
  • For the Media
  • Subscribe
  • Directory
  • Version for People with Disabilities
  • Twitter
  • YouTube Channel
  • Русский

President's
website
resources

  • President of RussiaCurrent resource
  • The Constitution of Russia
  • State Insignia
  • Send a Letter
  • Vladimir Putin’s Personal Website

Special
animal welfare
projects

  • Amur tiger
  • Beluga whale
  • Polar bear
  • Snow leopard
  • Far Eastern leopard

Legal
and technical
information

  • About website
  • Using website content
  • Personal data of website users
  • Contact website team

All content on this site is licensed under

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Presidential Executive Office2023
Events

Beginning of Working Meeting with Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko

May 30, 2008
13:40
The Kremlin, Moscow

President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev: Good afternoon, Sergei Ivanovich,

How is the organization of the new Ministry going?

Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko: Dmitry Anatolyevich, I want to report that in accordance with your decree on the Government’s organisation, the Ministry of Energy has practically completed preparations for the Ministry’s organisation. A draft statute on the Ministry has been drafted and approved, and it has already received the final endorsement of the Government Presidium. As defined by this statute, the Ministry is a federal executive body responsible for the electricity, oil, gas and coal sectors, the oil refinery industry, production sharing agreements concerning fossil fuels, and the petrochemicals industry.

Dmitry Medvedev: The Ministry is beginning its work just as one of our most important joint-stock companies, RAO Unified Energy Systems of Russia [RAO UES] ends its work. I would like to hear from you what measures you are taking to ensure that changes in the way the market is regulated do not affect consumers, what still needs to be done, and how regulatory functions in the electricity sector will be carried out taking into account the earlier decisions on reform in the sector.

Sergei Shmatko: The Ministry of Energy has been involved in this work right from the start. We have already met with the heads of RAO UES, with Anatoly Chubais and the leading specialists. You are absolutely right in that a completely new situation is taking shape on the country’s energy market. Our analysis shows that RAO UES has made thorough preparations in this area and that OAO System Operator, OAO Trade System Administrator and so on will be able to carry out the current regulatory functions quite effectively.

What are our concerns today? We are about to start active preparations for the peak demand autumn-winter season, and we are also busy at the moment with the question of how the Ministry of Energy will be involved in monitoring, preventing and remedying potential crises or problems in the electricity sector. This is our main task at the moment.

Dmitry Medvedev: This is indeed the main task, and you must keep your finger on the pulse. I repeat that none of our consumers should be affected by the fact that reform of the sector’s management system has taken place (and it has indeed been completed today, as we wanted). There must be no glitches during the handover of regulatory functions and I ask you to keep this matter under your constant control.

Sergei Shmatko: We will do this, Dmitry Anatolyevich.

Publication status

Published in section: Transcripts

Publication date: May 30, 2008, 13:40

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/48236

Text version

Text

Share
Direct link
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/48236
Share
  • VK
  • LiveJournal
  • Send by email
  • Print
Send by email

Official Website of the President of Russia:

Beginning of Working Meeting with Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko

http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/48236

Last updated at March 20, 2015, 17:58

Официальные сетевые ресурсы

Президента России

Official Internet Resources

of the President of Russia

Русский Английский
  • For the Media
  • Version for People with Disabilities
  • Telegram channel
  • YouTube Channel
  • State Insignia
  • Send a Letter
  • Vladimir Putin’s Personal Website
  • Putin. 20 years

Presidential Executive Office
2023