State, problems and perspectives for development of electroenergetics in Russia

The article deals with Russia’s electroenergy complex and gives it’s main characteristics such as types of power plants, energy output, labor productivity in the branch, energy intensity, capitalization and investments amounts. The process of the branch reforming is uncovered, structural and functional changes which have happened as a result of the reform are shown. Problem topics are divided on technological and institutional with the further ranking of all problems of the branch in these two groups. Perspectives for development of the branch are analyzed and ways of the further branch reforming are detected in the article. Strong and weak points of the branch are shown in a form of summary