11 June 2004 23:46 UES selects bidders for consultant tender MOSCOW. June 11 (Interfax) - A Unified Energy System (UES) strategy and reform committee has selected the list of
bidders for a tender to select a consultant.
The following consultants are on the list: Larry Ruff, William Hogan, Branan company, Cameron McKenna, CERA, Mercados
Energeticos, NERA, Nordpool and PricewaterhouseCoopers, according to a protocol from a meeting held at the beginning of
June.
The project should take into account existing research and it
should result in a principal model of payment for capacity. The UES
The winner of the tender will provide the committee with consulting services on encouraging investment for
Russia's electricity sector.
There are concerns about a shortage of investments for increasing generating capacity and, as a result, the lowering
of capacity reserves to a critical level and the appearance of local power crises.
committee had decided to attract consultants with its own budget funds, and it is possible that a special working
group will be set up with participation by the consultants, in which UES experts and the company's minority
shareholders will take part. [RU ASIA EUROPE EEU EMRG ELG CORA] rm me
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