According to Interfax, the merger project might be on the table of the Gazprom board by the end of the year. In addition to the Mosenergo-TGK-1 merger, Gazprom also considers to merge the OGK-2 and OGK-6 companies.
According to Forbes.ru, Gazprom plans to include all its electricity-producing assets into one joint corporative management centre.
TGK-1 includes electricity producing units in Murmansk Oblast, the Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast and Sankt Petersburg. Finnish company Fortum owns 25 percent of the TGK-1.
