Designing a toolset for assessing the organizational and technological inertia of energy consumption processes at enterprises

Abstract

The object of this study is the assessment of the organizational and technological inertia of energy consumption processes at enterprises. The task to design effective toolset for such an assessment was tackled. The indicators for assessing the organizational and technological inertia of energy consumption processes at enterprises have been determined and systematized. The factors that influence the level of this inertia were highlighted. A method for decomposing the relative level of organizational and technological inertia of energy consumption processes has been developed. The level of organizational and technological inertia of the processes of natural gas consumption was assessed on the basis of a sample of enterprises. It has been established that this level is quite high. In particular, the duration of lag in the reduction of natural gas consumption, averaged over 2016–2021, ranged from 1.3 to 1.8 years. At the same time, the relative level of organizational and technological inertia of the processes of consumption of natural gas in terms of its natural volumes ranged from 36.5 % to 47.9 %. The empirical results are explained by the presence of significant obstacles to the implementation of organizational and technological measures to save natural gas. A feature of the designed toolset for assessing the organizational and technological inertia of energy consumption processes is that its use makes it possible to obtain a comprehensive and accurate assessment of the specified inertia. This toolset can be used by enterprises of all types of economic activity in assessing the reserves for reducing the organizational and technological inertia of energy consumption. In addition, the designed tools can be used by state authorities and local governments in the formation of strategies for energy-saving economic development