Electric Power Industry
electric power industry - sector of the economy of the Russian Federation, comprising a complex of economic relations arising in the process of production (including production in combined heat and power mode), transmission of electric energy, operational dispatching management in the electric power industry, sale and consumption of electric energy using productive and other property objects (including those belonging to the Unified Energy System of Russia), owned by subjects of the electric power industry or other persons on the basis of ownership or another foundation provided for by federal laws. The electric power industry is the basis for the functioning of the economy and life support;
Source: Federal Law No. 35-FZ dated March 26, 2003 (as amended on June 29, 2012) "On Electric Power Industry"