- Business
- PJSC Territorial Generating Company No. 1 (TGC-1), traded as TGKA.ME, operates as a leading producer and supplier of electricity and heat in Russia's North-West region, encompassing Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Republic of Karelia, and Murmansk Oblast; the company, headquartered in Saint Petersburg and formed in 2005 through the merger of Lenenergo, Kolenergo, and Karelenergogeneratsiya assets, maintains an installed electric capacity of approximately 6.9 GW—including 40 hydroelectric power plants contributing 40% or 2.9-3.0 GW, 12 cogeneration plants totaling 4.0 GW primarily fueled by natural gas, and minor diesel and other facilities—and a heat capacity of 12.4-13.5 thousand GCal/hr, with electricity sold mainly on Russia's wholesale market and limited exports to Finland and Norway, while serving as the primary heat provider capturing 50% of Saint Petersburg's market, 100% in Petrozavodsk and Apatity/Kirovsk, and 72% in Murmansk. TGC-1's production complex features key hydroelectric cascades such as Tuloma/Serebryanskye (859.9 MW), Niva (568.4 MW), Paz (187.6 MW), Vuoksinsky (240 MW), Kem (330 MW), Vyg (157.6 MW), Suna (62.9 MW), Ladoga (343 MW), and Narva (124.8 MW), alongside prominent cogeneration plants like Central CHPP-1, Pravoberezhnaya CHPP, and regional facilities in Murmansk, Petrozavodsk, and Apatity; subsidiaries include JSC Murmanskaya CHPP (98.87% owned, 12 MW electric/1,137 GCal/hr heat), JSC St. Petersburg Heating Grid (60.52% owned, managing 2.8 thousand km of networks), and affiliates like JSC Khibinskaya Teplovaya Kompaniya; major shareholders comprise Gazprom Energoholding LLC (51.79%) and Fortum Power and Heat Oy (29.99%). Recent developments include the 2022 completion of modernization at Verkhne-Tulomskaya HPP unit No. 3 using advanced environmental technologies, a positive state expert conclusion for the 16.5 MW Arktika small HPP construction on the Paz River in Murmansk Oblast to enhance regional power reliability, sales of international "green" certificates for renewable output, new "green" energy supply contracts with SIBUR, PhosAgro Group mining facilities in Apatity, Teplocom, and an intent agreement with Metalloinvest for carbon-free energy cooperation, ISO 9001:2015 certification, and expanded equipment for Unified Energy System reliability support.