The governors of the Moscow, Tver, Nizhni Novgorod and Smolensk regions reported at a meeting of the government presidium on the relief operation during the abnormal heat and wildfires last summer. Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and General Director of the IDGC Holding Nikolai Shvets put forward their proposals for improving the power grids’ efficiency. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke about progress in the restructuring of Russian Railways and proposed extending the reform to 2015.