| Abbreviations | |
|---|---|
| ADCS | Automated Dispatch Control System |
| APCS | Automated Process Control System |
| BRELL | Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania |
| CBETL | Cross-Border Electricity Transmission Line |
| CBR | Central Bank of Russia |
| CHP | Combined Heat and Power |
| CIMS | Corporate Information Management System |
| CIS | The Commonwealth of Independent States |
| DECT | Digital European Cordless Telecommunications |
| EBITDA | Earnings before Interest, Taxation, Depreciation & Amortisation |
| EMS | Environmental Management System |
| ESS | JSC Elektrosetservis |
| ESUPCN | Energy System’s Unified Process Communications Network |
| FFMS | Federal Financial Market Service |
| FOCN | Fibre-Optic Communications Network |
| FTS | Federal Tariff Service |
| GCC | Grid Control Centre |
| GDR | Global Depository Receipt |
| GLONASS | Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GMS | General Meeting of Shareholders |
| GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
| GRES | State District Power Plant |
| HPP | Hydro Power Plant |
| HIFs | Hazardous Industrial Facilities |
| HR | Human Recourses |
| HVL | High Voltage Line |
| IATS | Information Acquisition and Transmission System |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IDGC | Inter-regional Distribution Grid Company |
| ICS | Internal Control System |
| IPS | Integrated Power System |
| IT | Information Technology |
| JSC | Joint Stock Company |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| LED | Light Emitted Diode |
| LLC | Limited Liability Company |
| MES | Backbone Electric Grid |
| MGCC | Main Grid Control Centre |
| MICEX | Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange |
| MPEI | Moscow Power Engineering Institute |
| NGPP | Non-Governmental Pension Program |
| NPP | Nuclear Power Plant |
| OHL | Overhead Line |
| OHTL | Overhead Transmission Line |
| OPEX | Operating Expenditures |
| RAS | Russian Accounting Standards |
| PABX | Private Automated Branch Exchange |
| PMES | Backbone Electric Grid Enterprise |
| PSPP | Pumped Storage Power Plant |
| PTL | Power Transmission Line |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RAB | Regulatory Asset Base |
| RPA | Relay Protection and Automation |
| RUIE | Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs |
| SS | Substation |
| TPP | Thermal Power Plant |
| UES | Unified Energy System |
| UNEG | Unified National Electric Grid |
| VAT | Value Added Tax |
| VMI | Voluntary Medical Insurance |
| WECM | Wholesale Electricity and Capacity Market |
| WWF | World Wildlife Fund |
| XLPE | Cable with cross-linked polyethylene insulation |
| Units of measure | |
| bn | billion |
| Gcal | gigacalorie |
| GW | gigawatt |
| km | kilometer |
| kv | kilovolt |
| kW | kilowatt |
| kWh | Kilowatt-hour |
| l | litre |
| mln | million |
| MVA | megavolt-ampere |
| MVAr | megavolt-ampere reactive |
| MW | megawatt |
| p.p. | Percentage point |
| RUB | Russian rouble |
Annual Report 2015