In 2002, Shulginov was invited to Moscow as a member of the Management Board, Director for Technical Audit of OJSC System Operator - UES Central Dispatch Office.

Commenting on his appointment, Shulginov called his main task at RusHydro "putting things in order in all areas of the company's activities."

[3] Shulginov eventually was not re-appointed to the Mikhail Mishustin's Second Cabinet and was replaced as Minister by Governor of Kemerovo Oblast Sergey Tsivilyov.

[8] In anticipation of Shulginov's election Pavel Zavalny resigned from his position as Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Energy in late July 2024.

[9] On September 16, 2024, Shulginov, along with fellow freshmen and former Mikhail Mishustin's Cabinet member Viktoria Abramchenko and Oleg Matytsin, was unanimously admitted to the United Russia faction in the State Duma.