Abstract
The authors represent the real economy. S. V. Bukharov worked for more than 15 years in the field of financial and economic management in the energy sector (Novosibirskenergo, TGK-13), A. P. Shibanov since 1995 heads an authoritative expert organization engaged in supporting projects, activities and programs aimed at energy conservation and efficiency.The article analyzes the problems of the district heating system in Novosibirsk, which configuration was formed mainly in the war and post – war years, under the influence of industrial development of the city. Chaotic boilerization of the 1990s, decrease in demand for heat energy and an ill-conceived tariff policy of the second decade of the 2000s led to the loss of efficiency of the system and its complete unbalance. Despite the fact that the installed capacity of the city’s heat sources is approximately 40–50% higher than current consumption, the worn- out and redundant network infrastructure prevents the use of this potential for reliable energy supply to consumers. Municipal authorities do not show any interest in solving these problems, so the generating companies have to independently negotiate the withdrawal of individual autonomous sources and switch their consumers to district heating systems. Experts insist on the need for the authorities to become more actively involved in the process of regulating the development of the Novosibirsk heat market (not only at the level of approving tariffs), in order to avoid undesirable effects in the event of control loosing. They insist on a radical revision of the existing plan for the heat system development, including in it economic criteria for evaluating the prospects of small sources of generation. Examples from the work practice of the Novosibirsk district heating system are given, and specific measures are proposed to correct the impasse in which it found itself.
