New Software for Russia's Power Sector Secures More Mintsifry Listings
NEK.TEKH, one of Russia's leading developers of software and smart devices for the electric power industry, continues to advance its import substitution programme. Since the beginning of the year, the company has significantly expanded the portfolio of technologies included in the Mintsifry registry of domestic software.
According to company representatives, NEK.TEKH's research and engineering centre developed and registered 12 software products during the first five months of 2026. All have been added to the Mintsifry registry of Russian software. The St. Petersburg-developed applications are specifically designed for deployment at power facilities that support Russia's critical information infrastructure.
That brings the number of NEK.TEKH products listed in the ministry's registry to 65. The portfolio includes software for residential smart meters, high-voltage electricity metering devices, EV charging stations, data acquisition and transmission equipment, and a range of other energy technologies.
For the company, inclusion in the Mintsifry registry is more than recognition of its engineering capabilities. It also qualifies its software to participate in government procurement programmes for critical infrastructure projects. For consumers across Russia, wider deployment of these products is expected to improve the reliability of electricity metering and power supply while reducing losses across the electricity system.
Strategy in Action: From Import Substitution to Technology Leadership
NEK.TEKH's work on developing new products and enhancing existing ones, including both software and hardware, closely aligns with Russia's long-term energy policy. The country's Energy Strategy through 2050 identifies energy security, technological sovereignty, and greater competitiveness of the fuel and energy sector as its principal priorities.
All this points to sustained and growing demand for companies developing digital technologies for the power sector over the coming decades. Demand from adjacent industries is expected to reinforce that trend. While the domestic market alone is likely to provide a strong pipeline of projects for companies such as NEK.TEKH, their technologies are also expected to find opportunities abroad, particularly in partner countries with expanding energy infrastructure.
Five Years of Building the Business
Much of the company's progress stems from a strategic decision made at its founding to focus on one of the fastest-growing areas of Russia's economy, integrating advanced digital technologies into the electric power sector.
NEK.TEKH LLC was established in March 2021 with the goal of developing new smart technologies for the electricity industry. In 2024, the company completed a reorganisation that created a dedicated research and engineering centre, a logical step given that it had already become a leading supplier of intelligent resource metering technologies. By 2025, NEK.TEKH had significantly expanded its geographic footprint, opening its fifth division, a development centre in Nizhny Novgorod. During the same year, 56 of the company's IT solutions were added to the Mintsifry registry.
Software as the Foundation of Energy Security
The addition of new NEK.TEKH products to the Mintsifry registry marks another step in the company's long-term development. More importantly, it reflects the expansion of a software portfolio that addresses a broad range of needs across Russia's power sector while strengthening the country's energy security.
It also shows that Russian developers are responding to the operational needs of power utilities through a systematic development strategy. Their work extends beyond large software platforms to the technologies that enable intelligent systems at the field level, including smart meters, protection relays, and automation devices.
Meanwhile, the direction of Russia's energy transition is expected to continue stimulating demand for these technologies over the coming years. That growth is likely to support domestic software developers not only in advancing technological sovereignty but also in expanding into international markets.
