Reserves for the use of free energy capacities in the regions of Russia

Author(s):  A.P. Dzyuba, «South Ural State University (National Research University)» Higher School of Economics and Management, Chelyabinsk, Russia, dzyuba-a@yandex.ru

I.A. Solovyova, candidate of Sciences, associate Professor, «South Ural State University (National Research University)» Higher School of Economics and Management, Chelyabinsk, Russia, solovevaia@susu.ru

Issue:  Volume 45, № 4

Rubric:  Sectoral markets and market infrastructure

Annotation:  The article is devoted to the study of the absolute and relative release of energy, production and infrastructure capacities in the regions of Russia through the indicators of the dynamics of demand for electricity consumption in the country for the period from 1990 to 2015. An anaize is taking place in the overall change in demand for electricity in the regions of Russia and the changes in demand for it. A classification of the regions of Russia in which for the period from 1990 to 2015 there was a decline in demand for electricity consumption, in terms of relative and absolute decrease in power consumption, and a map of the regions of Russia for reducing the demand for electricity consumption, with the selection of groups of regions with similar characteristics. For each identified regional group, the parameters of the potential of released energy, production and infrastructural capacities were estimated, and the regions were ranked according to the integral indicator of the change in the amount of electricity consumption within each regional group. Approbation of the results of the study on the example of the Chelyabinsk region emphasizes both the theoretical and practical significance of the findings. The results of the research can be used in practical activities by investors, in the process of selecting sites for placing industrial facilities, and by federal executive bodies in the process of developing programs for socio-economic development of Russian regions

Keywords:  power consumption, regions of Russia, demand for power consumption, investment attrac-tiveness of regions, investment potential of regions, regional energy

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