Cost across the full lifecycle
“The cost per kilowatt-hour over the entire lifecycle is our main parameter.”
Evaluate decisions by their lifecycle cost per kilowatt-hour.
Source: report on summer peaks and energy costs ↗SERGEY TSIVILEV · 12 SEPTEMBER 2026
Tsivilev.
Twelve ideas.
What will energy cost our children? Who will pay consumers to reduce demand? What roles will engineers and space play in energy? Twelve themes from Sergey Tsivilev's speeches and interviews.
Ideas and written sources.
Watch the collection of 12 short videos →. This overview and the video collection cover different selections; sources are listed for each item.
Watch the collection of 12 short videos →. This overview and the video collection cover different selections; sources are listed for each item.
FROM THE COST OF A KILOWATT-HOUR TO SPACE
The energy system we leave to our children
“We have no right to pass expensive electricity generation on to our children and grandchildren.”
The future electricity price becomes a measure of responsibility for today's decisions.
Source: interview with Expert magazine ↗Consumers can be paid to reduce demand
Paid voluntary demand reduction is discussed as a tool for addressing shortages.
Source: interview with Expert magazine ↗Energy needs long-term finance
Proposals include a dedicated financial institution, project loans and infrastructure bonds.
Source: interview with Expert magazine ↗The energy of thinking
Management and engineering thought shape how people use natural resources.
Source: lecture at Kazan State Power Engineering University, Tatar-inform report ↗Engineers change the world
“Engineers change the world, and nobody but engineers.”
Engineering education is linked to the ability to change the economy and everyday life.
Source: lecture at Kazan State Power Engineering University, Tatar-inform report ↗Planning must keep pace with technology
Economic and technological change is moving faster than regulatory planning cycles.
Source: RBC Caucasus interview ↗Storage helps cover peak demand
Storage and distributed generation are considered alongside demand management.
Source: RBC Caucasus interview ↗Every decision changes the final bill
Technical and management decisions should be assessed by their impact on electricity costs.
Source: government question time at the Federation Council ↗Government and private initiative
Tsivilev proposes combining government goal-setting with entrepreneurial initiative.
Source: lecture at Kazan State Power Engineering University, Tatar-inform report ↗Next-generation technologies
The focus is on creating new technologies and preparing people for successive technological generations.
Source: lecture at Kazan State Power Engineering University, Tatar-inform report ↗Energy reaches beyond Earth
The ministry board discussed the Kardashev scale and the prospect of using extraterrestrial energy sources.
Source: Energy Ministry board meeting, ministry statement ↗Full recordings
Interviews, government question time and industry seminars. Each of these twelve themes still needs to be mapped to a specific video segment. The seminars include several speakers whose statements require individual attribution.
- Russian Energy Ministry: SPIEF 2025 interview ↗
Interview at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum. Russian Energy Ministry channel. Full recording: 12:06.
- Vmeste-RF: energy sector development, interview with Sergey Tsivilev ↗
Discussion of fuel and energy sector development. Published 21 July 2025. Full recording: 10:11.
- 17 March 2026: from megawatts to megabytes ↗
Industry seminar on AI in the energy sector. The recording includes several speakers.
- 18 March 2026: technological sovereignty ↗
Industry seminar on technological sovereignty. The recording includes several speakers.
- 19 March 2026: electricity and development ↗
Industry seminar on electricity sector development. The recording includes several speakers.
- Federation Council: government question time ↗
Official recording page for government question time on 16 July 2025.
About the collection
The first feature in “A new wave of ministers”. We study ideas that change energy decisions: how costs are calculated, the consumer's role, financing and engineering education.
Headings and explanations are editorial. Short quotations are translated from the cited written publications. In the separate video collection there are twelve short clips from two speeches. Boundaries follow the Russian subtitles of the original recordings.
This collection reflects the speaker's statements and proposals in the context of the cited publications. It does not by itself establish that the proposed mechanisms have been implemented.