OGK-1
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The First Generation Company of the Wholesale Electricity Market (OGK-1) is a large Russia
Russia
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n company formed by merger of 6 electricity
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 generation companies.

History

The company was established in 2005 by merging six power plants into one company. Before 1 July 2008, about 92% of the company's shares was owned by RAO UES, Russian state-controlled energy holding company. As a result of the electricity market reform, 43% of shares was transferred to the Federal Grid Company of Russia, 23% to RusHydro
RusHydro
RusHydro , previously known as Hydro-OGK, is a Russian hydroelectricity company. As of 2008 it has a capacity of 25 gigawatts. It is the world's second-largest hydroelectric power producer and is the country's largest power-generating company and the largest successor to RAO UES...

, and 34% was distributed to minority shareholders.

On March 17, 2009 the rights under 61,9% of voting shares were transferred to Inter RAO UES
Inter RAO UES
Inter RAO UES is a Russian energy company engaged in power generation and electricity trading. It has electricity export and import monopoly in Russia.- History :...

 for 5 years with the right for extension for the same period. Starting from July 6, 2009 the powers of the sole executive body of OGK-1 were transferred to Inter RAO UES.

Operations

OGK-1 operates following power stations:
  • Permskaya GRES – 2,400 MW,
  • Nizhnevartovskaya GRES – 1,600 MW
  • Iriklinskaya GRES – 2,430 MW
  • Kashirskaya GRES
    Kashira Power Plant
    Kashira Power Plant is a coal fired power plant at Kashira in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Its first unit went in service in 1922 with a power capacity of 110 MW. As of today, it has an installed power capacity of 1,580 MW and consists of 6 units. Double units 1 and 2 have capacity of...

     - 1,580 MW
  • Verkhne-Tagilskaya GRES – 1,497 MW
  • Urengoyskaya GRES - 24 MW.


The installed capacity of these power stations is about 9,500 MW. This comprises about 5.5% of the generating capacity of RAO UES.

The power output of the OGK-1 power plants in 2006 was around 48 TW
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