National energy production reached 1.34 billion tons of standard coal. Power generating capacity increases by 13.76 million kilowatts and power supply basically met production needs and household use.

These sites could house turbines with a combined capacity of over 30 gigawatts (GW, or 30, 000MW), though average energy production would be at best only about a third of that.

Demand for energy, raw materials and transport shrank; prices of products such as steel and electrolytic aluminum fell; the problem of excess production capacity became apparent.