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Native name
  
ОАО «ОГК-6»

Industry
  
Power generation

Key people
  
Alexey Mityushov (CEO)

Founded
  
16 March 2005

Ceased operations
  
November 1, 2011

Parent organization
  
Gazprom

Former type
  
Public (OAO)

Fate
  
Merged with OGK-2

Headquarters
  
Moscow, Russia

Successor
  
OGK-2

Predecessor
  
RAO UES

Defunct
  
1 November 2011 (2011-11-01)

The Sixth Wholesale Power Market Generating Company JSC (OGK-6) was a Russian power generation company formed by merger of six generation companies.

History and operations

In 2006, the following 6 power plants were merged into one company:

  • Novocherkassk GRES – 2,112 MW,
  • Kirishi GRES – 2,100 MW
  • Ryazan GRES – 2,650 MW
  • Krasnoyarsk-2 GRES - 1,250 MW
  • Cherepovets GRES - 1,050 MW
  • GRES-24 - 310 MW (at Novomichurinsk; merged with Ryazan GRES in November 2008)
  • The installed capacity of all six thermal power plants was about 9,052 MW which made OGK-6 the fourth largest power company by installed capacity in Russia. The total installed heat of OGK-6 plants amounted to 2,704 Gcal/h. The power output of the OGK-6 power plants in 2007 was around 32.065 TWh.

    OGK-6 shares were traded on MICEX and RTS.

    In April 2010, it was announced that Gazprom, the major shareholder of OGK-2 and OGK-6, will merger OGK-6 into OGK-2 to create a single company with 10 power stations and a capacity of 17,750 MW. The merger was completed by 1 November 2011.

    References

    OGK-6 Wikipedia