OREANDA-NEWS. December 13, 2011. Federal Grid company participated in the second annual investment conference for developing markets organized by Renaissance Capital in Hong Kong. The conference became a meeting place of the Company delegation with the representatives of Asia’s leading investment funds. In his report, delivered at the “Infrastructure of Developing Markets” conference session, Andrey Kazachenkov, the Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Management Board noted that being one of the major infrastructural companies on the developing markets, Federal Grid Company implements large scale investment programs, including federal projects in Eastern Siberia and Far East, and providing the Asian investors with a unique opportunity to invest into the dynamically growing Russian electric grid infrastructure.

The participation in the investment conference hosted by Renaissance Capital contributes to the active development of the Company relations with the investment community, intended to maximize the shareholder value and promote the Company on the international capital markets.

Currently the Company implements a number of long-term programs intended to improve the efficiency of the Company’s investment and operational activities. Measures taken by the Company provide for maintenance of consumer power supply reliability, ensuring stable economic growth. Federal Grid Company implements a large scale 2010-2014 investment program, intended to provide for the construction of seventy three 220-500 kV substations and one hundred and twenty three 220-750 kV power transmission lines, exceeding 21,000 km in length. The Company’s main priorities for the near future include the establishment of a smart proactive-adaptive power grid. The Company is active in reducing power losses in UNEG grids.