Joint Stock Company Inter RAO UES (, short form: Inter RAO), traded as, is a diversified energy holding company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Its business includes power and heat generation, electricity supply, international energy trading, engineering, design, and development of electric power infrastructure. In addition to its assets in Russia, it controls several energy companies outside Russia, including thermal and hydro power plants, grid operators, and energy traders. It holds a monopoly on the export and import of electricity in Russia.
Inter RAO is one of the largest Russian public energy companies by market capitalization which exceeded US$10.5 billion at the end of 2011.Inter Rao Ues OAO (IRAO:RU) Stock Quote & Analysis - Bloomberg In fiscal year 2011 the company reported a revenue of US$18.24 bn (versus US$15.28 bn in 2010) and net income of $1.41 billion (vs $614 million in 2010). At the end of 2011, Inter RAO Group had more than 47,000 employees. In 2021, the company's revenue amounted to 89 billion rubles.
History Inter RAO was established in 1997 as a subsidiary of the Russian unified power company RAO UES. Its initial focus was international energy trading.Inter RAO UES. Company information
In 2002, Inter RAO started exporting electricity from Russia and generating its own electricity.
In 2005, Inter RAO made several acquisitions: 50% stake in Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station 25% plus 1 shares North-West Thermal Power Plant 70% stake in TGR Energy 51% stake in the Cuciurgan power station
In early 2008, Inter RAO obtained listings on the Russian stock exchanges MICEX and RTS. As part of its reorganization, Inter RAO acquired several Russian power generation facilities, including the Sochi Thermal Power Plant, North-West Thermal Power Plant, Ivanovo CCPP, and Kaliningrad CHPP-2. In the same year, Inter RAO purchased the remaining 49% stake in the Cuciurgan power station.
In the following years, the Government of Russia transferred the power companies' shares remaining after the reform of RAO UES to the property of state-owned companies RusHydro, FGC UES, Rosimushchestvo, and Rosneftegaz to Inter RAO. That included transfer of 41% stake in Irkutskenergo, 65.8% of OGK-1, 3.24% of OGK-4, 26.43% of OGK-5, 24.9% of TGC-6, 34.21% of TGC-7, 30.54% of TGC-11, 20.24% of Kuzbassenergo, 21.27% of Bashkirenergo, 14.48% of Sangtuda 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant (in Tajikistan), and 100% of Razdan Thermal Power Plant (in Armenia).
In 2009, Inter RAO shares were included in the MSCI EM Index. At the end of 2009, INTER RAO was ranked fifth in Standard & Poor's informational transparency rating of the Russian energy companies.
In June 2018, board member Karina Tsurkan was arrested by the Federal Security Service, on allegations of spying on behalf of Romania.
On 13 May 2022, Inter RAO subsidiary RAO Nordic announced that it would suspend deliveries of electricity to Finland and stopped them at midnight. The announcement came one day after Finland's president Sauli Niinistö and prime minister Sanna Marin had expressed their support for Finnish membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).bbc.com: Russian operator to suspend electricity supply to Finlandhttp://www.presidentti.fi: Joint statement by the President of the Republic and Prime Minister of Finland on Finland's NATO membership The move fits an ongoing pattern of economic sanctions and counter-sanctions in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Shareholders Major shareholders of Inter RAO are Russian state-owned entities. As of August 2018, shareholders of Inter RAO were: Rosneftegaz - 27.63% FGC UES - 9.24% Inter RAO Capital - 29.39% Freely traded (minority shareholders) - 33.74%
Boris Kovalchuk is the CEO of Inter RAO.
Operations Electricity generation
The combined installed capacity of power plants operated by Inter RAO Group is approximately 28 GW. Inter RAO UES controls the following power generation assets.
Russian power generating assets Asset Location Capacity INTER RAO - Electric Power Plants Russia 2283 MW OGK-1 Russia 9861 MW OGK-3 Russia 8357 MW TGK-11 Russia 1971 MW Ivanovo CCPP Russia 110 MW
Power generation assets in other countries Asset Location Capacity Hrazdan TPP Armenia 1110 MW Mtkvari TPP Georgia 600 MW Khrami HPP-1 Georgia 112,8 MW Khrami HPP-2 Georgia 114,4 MW Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station Kazakhstan 1000 MW Cuciurgan power station Moldova 2520 MW Vydmantai Wind Park Lithuania 30 MW Sangtuda 1 Hydroelectric Power Plant Tajikistan 670 MW
Trading
The main export markets for INTER RAO are Finland, Lithuania and Belarus.
The following Inter RAO subsidiaries are responsible for international energy trading: Eastern Energy Company (focused on export of Russian electricity to China) RAO Nordic Oy (Finland) TGR Enerji (Turkey) Inter RAO Lietuva (Lithuania)
From October 2021, Inter RAO has increased supplying electricity to China by 90% up from the planned amount, within the terms of the 25-year agreement of 2012 with State Grid Corporation of China. At the end of the same month, China sent out a call to "Inter RAO" for nearly double current amounts of supplies of electricity by the end of the year 2021. According to Alexandra Panina, member of the board of "Inter RAO", the request of Chinese partners will be ratified almost completely.
In October 2021, Inter RAO announced its intention to supply electricity to Kazakhstan in November, due to its "in-house" deficiency in the country.
On 14 May 2022, RAO Nordic released a statement saying it was halting the import of power into Finland due to a lack of payment. Power transmission halted at 2200 GMT 14 May 2022.
Power supply Inter RAO Group operates seven Russian power supply companies.
Asset Location Moscow Power Supply Company Moscow, Russia St. Petersburg Power Supply Company Saint Petersburg, Russia Altai Power Supply Company Altai Krai, Russia Saratovenergo Saratov Oblast, Russia Tambov Power Supply Company Tambov Oblast, Russia INTER RAO - Oryol Power Supply Company Oryol Oblast Russia RN Energo Moscow, Russia Power Grids of Armenia Armenia Telasi Georgia
Electric power distribution grids INTER RAO Group controls two distribution grid companies in the South Caucasus, Power Grids of Armenia and Telasi.
Asset Location Grid Length Number of consumers, thousands Power Grids of Armenia Armenia 30 335 km 950 Telasi Georgia 3 930 km 466.9
Engineering Inter RAO develops its engineering business as a key component of its integrated business model. In engineering, Inter RAO plans to focus on the design of energy infrastructure, coordination of construction, delivery and installation of equipment, installation, configuration, and maintenance services, as well as the manufacturing of boiler and turbine equipment. The company asserts that these initiatives of its engineering business will help Inter RAO secure at least 20% of the thermal power plant engineering, construction, and equipment market. List of main engineering businesses within Inter RAO Group:
Asset Location Profile INTER RAO-Engineering Russia Coordination of Group's engineering projects Quartz Group Russia Construction of infrastructure facilities, all types of energy equipment repairs Dominanta Group Russia Construction and operation of small generators Joint Venture with GE and UK ODK Russia Manufacturing and sales of gas turbines Joint Venture with WorleyParsons Russia Import of leading edge technologies to Russia
References
External links
Corporate website INTER RAO on Google Finance