{"title":"The mechanism of concession agreements in the Russian heat supply system","authors":"A. G. Zakrevskaya, N. Lyubimova, A. S. Flaxman","doi":"10.26425/1816-4277-2024-1-72-79","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":" The current research examines the mechanism of concession agreements, functioning in the sphere of heat supply, the ways of its conclusion, its advantages and differences from lease agreements. The effectiveness of the use of concessions is proved on the example of Voronezh and Perm energy companies. The renewal of the Russian heat supply system is, unfortunately, extremely slow. Despite the measures taken, the dynamics of equipment failures, accidents and heat losses have not yet been changed: their number is still gro wing. In a year, it is possible to update only half of the fixed assets from the need. The reasons for this are their sharp moral and physical ageing and lack of investors who would finance reconstruction, modernisation and erection of new heating system objects. The owners of the systems in many Russian regions are municipalities whose budget funds are insufficient to upgrade them. Mechanisms of public-private partnership (concession agreements are one of its manifestations) together with the “alternative boiler house” mo del should contribute to rectifying the situation. However, unconscientiousness of some investors, the failure to fulfill their obligations for construction and reconstruction of heat supply systems question the effectiveness of the mechanism and reduces them to lease agreements involving only operation of leased worn equipment. According to the research, the authors concluded that it is necessary to improve the discussed mechanism, monitor implementation of the agreements and strengthen administrative responsibility for non-compliance.","PeriodicalId":52989,"journal":{"name":"Vestnik universiteta","volume":"38 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Vestnik universiteta","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2024-1-72-79","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The current research examines the mechanism of concession agreements, functioning in the sphere of heat supply, the ways of its conclusion, its advantages and differences from lease agreements. The effectiveness of the use of concessions is proved on the example of Voronezh and Perm energy companies. The renewal of the Russian heat supply system is, unfortunately, extremely slow. Despite the measures taken, the dynamics of equipment failures, accidents and heat losses have not yet been changed: their number is still gro wing. In a year, it is possible to update only half of the fixed assets from the need. The reasons for this are their sharp moral and physical ageing and lack of investors who would finance reconstruction, modernisation and erection of new heating system objects. The owners of the systems in many Russian regions are municipalities whose budget funds are insufficient to upgrade them. Mechanisms of public-private partnership (concession agreements are one of its manifestations) together with the “alternative boiler house” mo del should contribute to rectifying the situation. However, unconscientiousness of some investors, the failure to fulfill their obligations for construction and reconstruction of heat supply systems question the effectiveness of the mechanism and reduces them to lease agreements involving only operation of leased worn equipment. According to the research, the authors concluded that it is necessary to improve the discussed mechanism, monitor implementation of the agreements and strengthen administrative responsibility for non-compliance.
本研究探讨了特许权协议的机制、在供热领域的作用、缔结方式、优势以及与租赁协议的区别。沃罗涅日州和彼尔姆州能源公司的实例证明了使用特许权的有效性。遗憾的是,俄罗斯供热系统的更新极为缓慢。尽管采取了各种措施,但设备故障、事故和热量损失的态势仍未改变:其数量仍在增长。一年中,只有一半的固定资产可以更新。究其原因,是这些设备在精神上和物理上的急剧老化,以及缺乏能够资助重建、现代化和安装新供热系统设备的投资者。在俄罗斯许多地区,供暖系统的所有者都是市政当局,其预算资金不足以更新供暖系统。公私合作机制(特许权协议是其表现形式之一)和 "替代锅炉房 "Mo del 应有助于改变这种状况。然而,一些投资者的不认真态度、不履行建设和重建供热系统的义务,对该机制的有效性提出了质疑,并使其沦为租赁协议,只涉及租赁破旧设备的运行。根据研究结果,作者得出结论,有必要改进所讨论的机制,监督协议的执行情况,并加强对违约行为的行政责任。