Stimulating environmental protection activities in the energy sector
Annotatsiya
The article discusses issues of stimulating environmental protection activities in the energy sector. In addition, the factors influencing the decline in industrial production volumes are considered: the close interdependence of economic and energy factors in shaping the state of security of territories; a decrease in the level of energy efficiency during a period of general stagnation; the increasing influence of economic indicators of the operation of energy systems on the degree of security threats, such as chronic underinvestment in fuel and energy sectors, non-payments, etc.; excessive load on the fuel and energy complex as the “locomotive of the economy”; high level of monopolism in the fuel and energy sector; uneven territorial distribution of fuel and energy resources and productive forces, both of natural origin and due to the dominance of an administrative-centralized management system for many decades; distortions in prices and tariffs for energy resources, etc.