The lack of energy management capabilities for customers does not allow fully implementing the concept of grid manageability and is in no way connected with the development of new business areas based on prosumerism. Thus there is a threat that innovative projects implemented at the first stages of digital transformation will not achieve maximum efficiency due to a lack of consistency with global technology development trends. What is holding back the development of truly innovative technologies in such components of smart grids as demand management systems, virtual power plants, ESS, and charging infrastructure for electric transport in Russia? What are the prospects for these technologies in the Russian market? Can we expect that electric grids in Russia in the next decade will become grids of a new technological paradigm with qualitatively new characteristics of reliability, efficiency, availability, manageability, and customer focus? This study is devoted to answer these different questions.