The CEO of RAO UES Anatoly Chubais said that the project is unrealistic, and possibly even non-profitable. The Finnish concerns related to the Finnish grid ability to adapt the Russian power transmission and with the amount of necessary investments into transmission grid. Fingrid said that the regional grid in the southeast of Finland is operating at maximum capacity, and could not handle the additional power.
The discussion centers around the viability of a project involving increased power transmission from Russia to Finland.  Anatoly Chubais, CEO of RAO UES, expressed doubts about its practicality and profitability. The Finnish grid operator, Fingrid, pointed out that the existing infrastructure in southeastern Finland is already at capacity and cannot accommodate additional power.