Regulatory Framework of the Power Branch Restructuring

• -Federal Law as at 26 March 2003 № 35 On electric power industry (in edition of the. Federal Laws as at 22.08.2004 N 122-FZ, as at 30.12.2004 N 211-FZ, as at 18.12.2006 N 232-FZ, as at 04.11.2007 N 250-FZ);
• -Federal Law as at 26 March 2003 № 36 On peculiar features of electric power industry functioning in the transition period and on amendment to some standard legal acts of the Russian Federation due to approval of the Federal Law On electric power industry (in edition of  Federal Laws as at 28.12.2004 N 178-FZ, as at 31.03.2006 N 54-FZ, as at 05.02.2007 N 13-FZ, as at 02.10.2007 N 228-FZ, as at 04.11.2007 N 250-FZ)
• - Civil Code of the Russian Federation as at 26 January 1996 № 14 (in edition of the Federal Laws as at 12.08.1996 N 110-FZ, as at 24.10.1997 N 133-FZ, as at 17.12.1999 N 213-FZ, as at 26.11.2002 N 152-FZ, as at 10.01.2003 N 8-FZ, as at 10.01.2003 N 15-FZ, as at 26.03.2003 N 37-FZ, as at 11.11.2003 N 138-FZ, as at 23.12.2003 N 182-FZ, as at 29.12.2004 N 189-FZ, as at 30.12.2004 N 219-FZ, as at 21.03.2005 N 22-FZ, as at 09.05.2005 N 45-FZ, as at 18.07.2005 N 89-FZ, as at 02.02.2006 N 19-FZ, as at 30.12.2006 N 276-FZ, as at 26.01.2007 N 5-FZ, as at 20.04.2007 N 53-FZ, as at 26.06.2007 N 118-FZ, as at 24.07.2007 N 218-FZ, as  at 04.11.2007 N 251-FZ, with the amendments made by the Federal Law as at 26.01.1996 N 15-FZ, the Decree of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation as at 23.12.1997 N 21-P,Federal Law as at 25.10.2007 N 234-FZ).
• -Federal Law as at 03 April 1996 № 28-FZ On Energy Saving (in version the edition
• -Federal Law as at 17 August 1995 № 147-FZ On natural monopolies (in the edition of the Federal Laws as at 08.08.2001 N 126-FZ, as at 30.12.2001 N 196-FZ, as at 10.01.2003 N 16-FZ, as at 26.03.2003 N 39-FZ, as at 29.06.2004 N 58-FZ, as at 31.12.2005 N 199-FZ (the edition of the 29.12.2006), as at 04.05.2006 N 62-FZ, as at 29.12.2006 N 258-FZ, as at 18.10.2007 N 230-FZ, as at 08.11.2007 N 261-FZ)
• -Federal Law as at 14 April, 1995 № 41-FZ On state regulation of rates on electric and thermal energy of the Russian Federation (in the edition of the Federal Laws as at 11.02.1999 N 33-FZ, as at 10.01.2003 N 6-FZ, as at 26.03.2003 N 38-FZ, as at 07.07.2003 N 125-FZ, as at 22.08.2004 N 122-FZ, as at 30.12.2004 N 211-FZ, as at 02.12.2005 N 147-FZ, as at 26.12.2005 N 184-FZ, as at 31.12.2005 N 199-FZ, as at 04.11.2007 N 250-FZ)

• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 16 February 2005 № 81 On definition of sources of recovery of costs for execution of the activity and performance of duties of the operating organisation that performs activity in the field of atomic energy use
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 27 December 2004 № 861 On approval of rules of non-discriminatory access to services on transfer of electric energy and  proposing these services, rules of non-discriminatory access to services in operating and dispatch management in electric power industry and proposing of these services, rules of non-discriminatory access to services of the trading system administrator of the wholesale market and proposing of these services and rules of technological connection of energy-receiving devices (power installations) of legal and physical persons to electric networks
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 27 December 2004 № 854 On approval of rules of operational dispatch management in electric power industry
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 04 March 2004 № 136 On approval of the standard provisions on the executive body of the entity of the Russian Federation in the field of state rate regulation
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 03 March 2004 № 123 (in the edition of  Government Decrees of the Russian Federation as at 01.02.2005 № 49) On approval of rules of cancellation of resolutions of the RF entities' executive bodies in the field of state rate regulation, and also resolutions of the local governments adopted to execute powers transferred to them on state rate regulation for thermal energy
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 26 February 2004 № 109 (in the edition of the Governmental Decrees of the Russian Federation as at 31.12.2004 № 893) On price formation concerning the RF electric and thermal energy
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 21 January 2004 № 24 (in the edition of the Government Decrees of the Russian Federation as at 01.02.2005 N 49) On approval of standards of information disclosure by electric energy wholesale and retail markets' entities
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 19 January 2004 № 19 On approval of rules of investment program coordination of entities of electric power industry natural monopolies
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 30 December 2003 № 792 On the list of services on the organisation of functioning and development of the united power system of Russia
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 05 November 2004 № 674 On the order of consideration of  disagreements, arising between entities of RF executive bodies in the field of state rate regulation, by organisations  that perform adjustable kinds of activity, and consumers
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 28 October 2003 № 648 (in the edition of Government Decrees of the Russian Federation as at 07.10.2004 № 530) On approval of the regulations on reference of the grid economy entities to the Unified National Power Grid and on keeping the register of the grid economy entities included in the Unified National Power Grid
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 24 October 2003 № 643 (in the edition of Government Decrees of the Russian Federation as at 01.02.2005 № 49, as at 16.02.2005 № 81, as at 15.04.2005 № 219) On the rules of the electric energy (capacity) wholesale market during the transition period
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 20 October 2003 № 638 On the system of reporting presented at the federal executive body on regulation of natural monopolies
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 22 August 2003 № 516 On the threshold electric and thermal energy rate levels 
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 21 December 2001 № 881 On criteria of inclusion of the transmission lines and the grid economy entities to the Unified National Power Grid
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 11 July 2001 № 526 (in the edition of Government Decrees of the Russian Federation as at 01.02.2005 N 49) On reforming of the Russian Federation electric power industry
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 07 December 1998 № 1444 (in the edition of Government Decrees of the Russian Federation as at 30.05.2000 № 418) On the price formation bases concerning the electric energy consumed by the population
• - Government Decree of the Russian Federation as at 26 September 1997 № 1231 (in the edition of Government Decrees of the Russian Federation as at 02.04.2002 N 226) On  stage-by-stage termination of cross subsidising of the electric power industry and making the electric energy rate equal to the actual cost of its production, transfer and distribution.

• - Order of the RF Government as at 27 June 2003 № 865-r (in the edition of Orders of the RF Government as at 21.10.2003 № 1526-r, as at 28.11.2003 № 1739-r, as at 10.02.2004 № 189-r, as at 25.02.2004 № 268-r, as at 17.07.2004 № 966-r, as at 15.04.2005 № 417-r) (the Action Plan on electric power industry reforming for 2005-2006)
• - Order of the RF Government as at 29 December 2003 № 1939-r (On creation of seven inter-regional main network companies)
• - Order of the RF Government as at 01 December 2003 № 1754-r (On approval of the program of change of the state electric power industry controlled prices (rates) level)
• - Order of the RF Government as at 01 September 2003 № 1254-r (in the edition of Orders of the RF Government as at 25.10.2004 N 1367-r) (On formation of the generating companies of the electric power wholesale market)
• Order of the RF Government as at 26.01.2006 № 77-r On inclusion in the authorised capital of the inter-regional distribution network companies of joint-stock companies of power and electrification's shares

• - Order of the FTS of the RF as at 24 August 2004 № 43-e/2 (On approval of methodical instructions on  calculation of rates for services in the organisation of  trading system of the electric energy (capacity)  wholesale market trading system functioning )
• - Order of the FTS of the RF as at 24 August 2004 № 44-e/3 (On approval of the Design procedure of cost of deviations of the volumes of actual electric energy production (consumption)  of the wholesale market participants from the volumes of their planned hourly production (consumption)
• - Order of the FTS of the RF as at 06 August 2004 №20-e/2 (On approval of methodical instructions on calculation of adjustable rates and the prices on electric (thermal) energy on the retail (consumer) the market )
• -  Decree of FEC of the RF as at 25 August 2003 № 66-e/1 (in the edition of the FEC's Decrees as at 25.09.2003 № 78-e/6, as at 01.10.2003 №81-e/17, as at 08.10.2003 №83-e/5, as at 19.11.2003 № 95-e/7; Orders of the FTS of the RF as at 28.09.2004 № 97-e/8, as at 19.10.2004 № 132-e/6) (On threshold electric and thermal energy rates levels for 2004)

You may find a more detailed information on the legal and regulatory framework basis of the energy industry reforming at JS RAO UES of Russia’s website.