DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISES IN UKRAINE IN MODERN CONDITIONS

Abstract

The article analyzes the activity of electric power enterprises in Ukraine in modern conditions. In modern conditions of increasing threats and risks in Ukraine there is a problem of saving electricity, which actualizes research in the system of its distribution and consumption. Reducing the cost of outdoor lighting is an important and strategic task of the national economy of Ukraine, one of the ways to solve which is to modernize the lighting system of settlements. The article examines the functioning of electricity distribution companies that provide lighting for settlements, as a result of which the general problems of their activities and areas of intensification of investment resources are identified. In 2018, utility companies performed work on UAH 559.57 million, which is UAH 159.67 million more than in the previous year, but the share of work performed by utility companies in relation to the total volume decreased to 69.2%. The financial performance of electricity distribution companies operating in the field of maintenance of outdoor lighting facilities in settlements shows a positive trend in reducing accounts payable to their employees. The study of indicators of electricity distribution companies operating in the field of maintenance of outdoor lighting facilities, allows us to determine that in general for the study period for 2013-2018 there was a positive trend, namely: increased the number of automated remote control systems outdoor lighting; the number of light points increased, as well as the share of LED light sources increased, which in 2018 reached 12.6% of the total number of light points; the number of differential electricity meters increased in 2018, which amounted to 79.5% of the total; costs for modernization of fixed assets of outdoor lighting facilities increased: in 2018 they amounted to 8.1% of total costs; reduced costs for the maintenance of one light spot; decreased the amount of electricity consumed and the cost of operating one light point.