In 2015 the Russian Ministry of Energy together with the Federal State Budgetary Institution «Russian Energy Agency» analyzed the current long-term planning system in the electric power industry. The result of this work was a report prepared by the Russian Ministry of Energy to the Government of the Russian Federation «On Long-Term Planning System Improvement in Electric Power Industry». A.V. Dvorkovich, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, approved the plan for the development of draft acts intended to improve the long-term planning system in the electric power industry based on this report on November 26, 2016.Issues related to long-term planning system improvement were discussed on different platforms many times in terms of proposals developed by the Russian Ministry of Energy. It indicates a strong interest in the further discussion of long-term planning issues for the electric power industry not only among electric power industry entities, but also within the scientific and expert community.

Key words: electric power industry, long-term planning, Unified Energy System of the Russian Federation, single center of competence, regulatory and methodological framework.