ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF THE FIRM: THEORY AND APPLIED ASPECTS OF ANALYSIS

In modern conditions, the search for non-standard and original approaches to solving problems in the development of economies of different levels is claimed by both theorists and practitioners. In this paper, the authors emphasize the need to study the consumption of not only electricity, but also all forms of energy in the production of goods and the provision of services. Such issues of the topic as the essence of the energy consumer theory of a firm, the characteristic of total energy as the main factor of a firm’s consumption, technical-technological and financial-economic manifestations of various forms of energy in the activity of a firm are also reflected in this work. Proposed to use the economic category "price of the total energy of the company", "the total amount of energy consumed by the company". Well-known indicators such as energy intensity, energy consumption limit, energy efficiency, financial intensity of energy consumption, etc. with their account should be reviewed and clarified. The study is based on the use of such methods as a systematic approach, generalization and comparison, the principle of "all other things being equal". A number of provisions are hypothetical in nature (for example, the price of the total energy of a firm can be used in determining the selling price of a specific product).