The first and second generating units of 185MW capacity each will be commissioned at the plant this year, with a third unit of the same capacity to be commissioned next year.

UES has submitted a request to the Federal Energy Commission for the fixing of a tariff for electricity produced at the Bureisky plant of US$0.013-0.020 per kWh over the next six months.

The plant, when completed in 2007, will have a total installed capacity of 2000MW, generating an annual average of 7.1B kWh of electricity.