STRUCTURAL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN THE UTILITY SECTOR OF UKRAINE

Abstract

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