Brych B. Formation of the energy service market by regulating the activities of energy service companies

The thesis presents theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of the formation of the energy service market by regulating the activities of energy service companies. It is substantiated that in conditions of weak institutional maturity of the state machine for solving energy problems, it is essential to develop economic mechanisms capable of combining the influence of instruments of state power, private investment and entrepreneurship. One of such instruments in the field of energy efficiency is energy service. It is a type of entrepreneurial activity focused on implementing energy modernization measures and obtaining economic benefits from the achieved energy savings. The energy service combines several important motives simultaneously, indicating its significant potential, which includes an entrepreneurial interest (profit-making possibility), a scheme for making a profit (in the form of savings achieved as a result of energy modernization), and the targeted involvement of the state in this process in the status of a guarantor, regulator and motivator.