MRSK Urala decreased its electricity supply by 16.8% in the first quarter of 2009 compared with a year earlier, the company’s quarterly financial and performance report states.

The useful electrical supply came to 17882.6 million kilowatt-hours, which falls short of the figures for a year earlier by 18.1%. At the same time, 2166.6 million kilowatt-hours worth of electricity was lost.