Abstract:

The paper presents the outcomes of the research into engineering and economic efficiency of electric power enterprises in one-industry municipalities. The electrical power industry plays a special role in the economy of some regions of Russia and the country in general. The paper presents a comparison study of some socioeconomic parameters of monotowns with electric power plants as town-forming organizations. The study showed that living standards in such towns are relatively low. Nowadays special measures are taken for economy diversification in monotowns; therefore, evaluation of engineering and economic stability of electric power plants in monotowns is considered essential. The authors offer a method for evaluation of engineering and economic stability of electric power plants, which uses an aggregated indicator that includes in its turn three specific parameters presenting the results obtained from comparison between the actual values of the mentioned parameters and their standard values. The three parameters in question are specific fuel equivalent consumption of an electric power plant, a utilization factor of maximum capacity and profitability of sales of electric power from the plant in relation to the gross profit. This method was applied for evaluation of a number of power generating plants in monotowns, and its results stated insufficient stability of the plants under study. In addition, these power generating plants exert a significant load on the environment. Finally, at present electric power enterprises cannot meet the requirements and loads that are expected in monotowns being considered as growth points of the national economy.