RAO UES

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OAO RAO UES
Unified Energy System of Russia

Trade name	RAO UES
Native name	ОАО РАО «ЕЭС России»
Company type	Public
Traded as	RTS: EESR MICEX: EESR
Industry	Electricity
Founded	August 15, 1992 (1992-08-15)
Defunct	July 1, 2008 (2008-07-01)
Fate	Subsidiaries were separated and privatized, holding company was merged into UES FGC
Successor	FGC UES
Headquarters	Moscow , Russia
Key people	Anatoly Chubais (Chairman)
Products	Electric power
Services	Electric power transmission Electric power distribution
Revenue	₽40.4 trillion[1] (1994; 1994)
Number of employees	~ 577,000

OAO RAO UES (OAO Unified Energy System of Russia; Russian: ЕЭС России or Russian: Единая Энергетическая Система) was an electric power holding company in Russia. It controlled about 70% of Russia's installed electric capacity, 96% of its high-voltage grid and over 70% of its transmission lines. In addition to the Russian market, RAO UES exported electricity to Scandinavia and to other members of the CIS. The last head of RAO UES was Anatoly Chubais.