President Vladimir Putin ordered to limit the growth of tariffs for electricity. In his opinion, it should not exceed the annual inflation rate in the country. To the energy industry did not say that they do not have enough money to modernize the power networks and generation facilities, in the given sphere, according to the head of state, it is necessary to attract investors. How to motivate the business to work in this area, what changes in legislation will need to be made - the government should think about this. And not in itself, but in close contact with the leading Russian entrepreneurs and representatives of regional executive bodies.

The result of this work should be concrete proposals, which the government is obliged to document by March 1, 2018. A separate item among the president's instructions is modernization of nuclear energy, development of renewable energy sources and development of electric grid facilities.

Responsible for the implementation of these instructions was appointed head of government Dmitry Medvedev, according to the Kremlin website. According to the forecast of the Ministry of Economic Development, inflation for 2017. will be approximately 2.5-2.8%.