Russia's Inter RAO boosts electricity supplies to Kazakhstan 20.3% to 1.68 bln kWh in H1

MOSCOW. Aug 14 (Interfax) - Electricity exports from Russia to Kazakhstan rose 20.3% year-on-year in H1 2026 to 1.68 billion kWh, Inter RAO said in a presentation for investors.

Kazakhstan accounted for 53% of the company's total exports.

Mongolia was another major export destination with 0.45 billion kWh, down 6% year-on-year, and 14% of total exports.

Kazakhstan also provided most of Russia's electricity imports at 1.13 billion kWh, down 4.7% and 94% of total imports.

Russia's overall electricity exports rose 4% year-on-year to 3.2 billion kWh in H1 2026. Electricity imports fell 5.3% to 1.21 billion kWh, Inter RAO said earlier.

Inter RAO is closely monitoring Kazakhstan's plans to abandon imports of electricity from Russia starting in 2027, a member of Inter RAO's management board, Alexandra Panina, said in May. For now, Inter RAO is planning supplies to Kazakhstan in 2026 at the level of the previous year, Panina said.

Inter RAO is the sole operator of electricity exports and imports in Russia.

The main shareholder of Inter RAO as of the end of March 2024 was Rosneftegaz with 27.63%, while Inter RAO Capital accounted for 29.56%. Another 8.57% as of the end of 2021 belonged to PJSC Federal Grid Company - Rosseti (formerly FGC UES, now merged with PJSC Rosseti ), and 34.24% was in free float.