GOVERNMENTAL DECREE No. 526 On Restructuring the Electric Power Industry Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Energy Keyword Energy conservation/energy production Hydropower generation Authorization/permit Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract The purpose of the Governmental Decree shall be to improve the efficiency of functioning of the electric power industry and to ensure uninterrupted supply of economy sectors and the population with electric and thermal power. The objectives of restructuring the electric power industry shall be to ensure stable functioning and development of the economy and social sphere, improve the efficiency of generation and consumption of electric power, and ensure reliable and uninterrupted power supply to consumers. The strategic goal of restructuring shall be to convert the electric power industry to a stable development mode on the basis of application of progressive technologies and market principles of functioning and ensure on that basis a reliable, economically efficient satisfaction of the solvent demand for electric and thermal power in a short-term and long-term perspective. The restructuring of the electric power industry shall be based on the following principles: (a)electric power transmission, distribution and dispatching shall be licensed; b)equal access to the market infrastructure for all generators and consumers of electric power; (c)unity of safety standards, technical norms and rules effective in the electric power industry sector; (d)energy saving in all spheres of the economy; e)keeping and developing a unified infrastructure of the electric power industry which includes trunk grids and dispatch control. Full text English Website www.erranet.org