Approach to assessment of energy efficiency of organizations of fuel-energy complex

A significant potential for reduction of energy consumption determines the importance of energy conservation and energy efficiency as key areas for economic growth in Russia and enhancing its competitiveness, and emphasizes the need to explore and improve the process of energy management and raising energy efficiency at the corporate level. The main factors that hinder implementation of systematic management of energy conservation and improvement of energy efficiency based on international standard ISO 50001:2011 (GOST R ISO 50001-2012) is the poor knowledge of the mechanisms of self-assessment of the current state in the field of energy saving and increasing energy efficiency, as well as inadequacy of methodological base for substantiation of economic efficiency of measures on improving energy saving and energy efficiency, including the effectiveness of implementation of the energy management system (EMS) and other organizational events. It is essential to analyze the existing practice of Russian organizations in implementation of EMS and to develop approaches to evaluation of energy saving activities of organizations. Identifying best practices for raising energy efficiency is necessary for implementation of the state policy in the field of energy saving and energy efficiency improvement and encouraging companies to reduce energy intensity of production. To encourage companies to reduce energy intensity of production, identifying the best practices, the authors propose a methodological approach to assessing the efficiency of organizations. The methodological approach presented in the paper, in general, enables to carry out monitoring and comparative analysis of efficiency of management of energy conservation and improvement of energy efficiency by industry sectors, and for the Russian Federation, as a whole. The tools developed can be used by organizations of fuel and energy complex, industrial enterprises, organizations that are major consumers of Russia’s fuel and energy resources, for substantiation of making decisions on implementation and development of EMS, and make it possible for companies to evaluate the effectiveness of implementation of the EMS.