Moscow, 7 April 2006. The Federal Service for Financial Markets of Russia (FSFM) on 6 April 2006 registered an additional share issue of OAO "WGC-6".* The shares are intended for a private placement ("closed subscription") to RAO "UES of Russia" and the minority shareholders in OAO "TPP-24" and OAO "Cherepovetskaya TPP".

According to the Resolution authorizing share issuance, OAO "WGC-6" will place 4,096,167,800 additional ordinary shares, par value RUB1 per share. The share issue has been assigned the state registration number 1-01-65106-D-001D.

The issuance of additional shares will start on the fifteenth day after a notice of state registration of the additional share issue and the details of accessing the information contained in the prospectus are published in the Izvestia newspaper. The share placement period will end upon expiration of thirty days after the start date of placement of the additional shares, or on the date on which the last share of the additional issue is placed, if such date comes earlier.

Currently, the authorized capital of OAO "WGC-6" is RUB23,008,616,898 and comprises 23,008,616,898 ordinary shares of RUB1 par value each.

The resolution to increase the authorized capital of OAO "WGC-6" was taken on 23 December 2005 by the Board of Directors of RAO "UES of Russia" performing the functions of EGM of OAO "WGC-6".

The target model for OAO "WGC-6" is to be achieved through reorganization of OAO "WGC-6" through merger of OAO "TPP-24", OAO "Kirishskaya TPP", OAO "Krasnoyarskaya TPP-2", OAO "Novocherkasskaya TPP", OAO "Ryazanskaya TPP", OAO "Cherepovetskaya TPP" with and into OAO "WGC-6".

It is planned to complete the subsidiary share exchange at OAO "WGC-6" in Q2 2006, and the merger of the subsidiary power plants with and into OAO "WGC-6" in October 2006.

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