STRUCTURAL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN THE UTILITY SECTOR OF UKRAINE
The article presents the main trends in the development of the utility sector in Ukraine. With the help of structural and comparative analysis, the activity and processes of energy consumption of the utility sector enterprises of Ukraine have been evaluated. It has been stressed that utility compa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universytet imeni Alfreda Nobelya
2023-02-01
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| Series: | Akademičnij Oglâd |
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| Online Access: | https://acadrev.duan.edu.ua/images/PDF/2023/1/3.pdf |
| Summary: | The article presents the main trends in the development of the utility sector in Ukraine. With the
help of structural and comparative analysis, the activity and processes of energy consumption of the
utility sector enterprises of Ukraine have been evaluated. It has been stressed that utility companies are
natural monopolists and perform socially important functions, such as supply of gas, water, electricity,
and provision of transport services. For a 9-year period (from 2012 to 2021), the dynamics of the
creation of communal enterprises and condominiums has been assessed and their share in the total
number of legal entities of Ukraine has been determined. It is noted that the general trend for the
domestic utility sector is a constant increase in the number of condominiums. Such intensification
of the functioning of utility sector enterprises is associated with more rational use of resources in the
conditions of sustainable development and Industry 4.0, as well as with the creation of a competitive
environment in the provision of services for the maintenance of buildings and their territories. A matrix
of activation and actualization of the functioning of utility sector enterprises is proposed, which allows
monitoring factors that significantly affect their activity at different levels of management. The cost of
purchasing energy resources and its impact on the volume of the utility services offered for buildings
and their territories has been estimated. An exponential dependence testifies to the effectiveness of
using methods to reduce the cost of purchasing non-renewable energy sources and considering the
possibility of attracting alternative, green energy sources. The possibility to attract alternative, green
energy sources, has been considered in the article. Analytical dependencies have been obtained that
allow forecasting the dynamics of changes in the share of utility services offered to houses, utility
enterprises and their territories in the total volume of the communal sector of Ukraine, depending on
the volume of energy consumption, their sources and cost. |
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| ISSN: | 2074-5354 2522-9745 |