OREANDA-NEWS. JSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MICEX-RTS, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces operating results for the 3rd quarter and nine months of 2014 of its branches and the companies of RusHydro Group reflected in consolidated financial statements.

Key highlights:

Total electricity generation by power plants of RusHydro Group in 3Q 2014 amounted to 25,660 GWh (-9.7%), in 9M 2014 - 86,598 GWh (-7.3%);

In 3Q 2014, total production by HPPs/PSPPs amounted to 20,061 GWh (-13.7%), in 9M 2014 - 66,587 GWh (-8.6%);

In 9M 2014, total water inflow to reservoirs of the Volga-Kama cascade was lower than long-run average, water levels of Siberian and Far Eastern rivers in 3Q 2014 were lower than normal;

Electricity generation by the plants of RAO ES of East in 3Q 2014 - 5,792 GWh (+8.4%), in 9M 2014 - 21,075 GWh (-2.8%);

The electricity generation by the Boguchanskaya hydropower plant in 3Q 2014 amounted to 2,082 GWh (+28.3%)[i]; in 9M 2014 - 6,325 GWh (+94.9%);

Water inflow to reservoirs of major hydropower plants of RusHydro Group in 4Q 2014 is expected to be close to or slightly lower than long-run average.

In the 3rd quarter of 2014, total electricity generation by power plants of RusHydro amounted to 25,660 GWh, a 9.7% decrease as compared to the same period of 2013, total power generation in the 9 months of 2014 amounted to 86,598 GWh (-7.3%). In the 3rd quarter of 2014, hydropower (HPPs) and pumped storage power plants (PSPPs) of RusHydro Group decreased electricity generation by 13.7% to 20,061 GWh, in the 9 months of 2014 - by 8.6% to 66,587 GWh, output by thermal (TPPs) and geothermal plants located in the Far East of Russia in the 3rd quarter of 2014 increased by 8.2% to 5,598 GWh, in the 9 months of 2014 output decreased by 2.9% to 20,011 GWh.