Total length of all roads in Ukraine is 170 thousand km the Infrastructure of electric networks 5 times more – 850 thousand km, the degree of wear and tear the average for Ukraine -70%. About it the General Director of DTEK Network Ivan Galuh told in the framework of the online discussion KMEP about the future of the energy market.
"To update the infrastructure itself is important position of the state. The very recognition of the need for investment in infrastructure, as in the case of roads is already a step forward. The government should say that the investments in the electric system is also investment for the country," said Galuh. According to him, this approach will stimulate the engineering industry, give jobs and many other opportunities for such business sectors as construction and manufacturing equipment.
"the Second step is proper regulation of the industry. In all States around the world to create parameters that should be of interest to investors. After you create the control parameters will start investment and development. It can be both Ukrainian and foreign investments", – said Galuh. According to him, the project, which is now published by the Regulator makes the industry interesting for investors. With him not interested in the privatisation of state-owned companies at market prices. So it is important that the state's position on regulation.
the Expert said that a modern network is a digital network, smart network, this give you the ability to automatically manage. "The third step is the vision of the strategy update networks. About 60-65% of the investment should invest in the upgrade of existing assets: the replacement of the power lines, the contribution to the equipment of the substation. 40% of the investment should be directed in the modern system of automation and digitalization in order to make the network "intelligent" and less dependent on the human factor," gave expert assessment of Ivan Galuh. Such networks will be more reliable, cheaper to operate, will cope with a large number of market participants and, consequently, reduce the cost of electricity transmission.
"these are the three key vectors that will give the opportunity to realize the development of infrastructure networks in the country and, as a consequence, economy in General," summed up Ivan Galuh.
According to him at the moment in many European countries, particularly in France and Spain, formed the program of economic recovery. National regulators in the energy sector (reference – Ukr. NKREKU), to maintain and help the SRF plan to revise the parameters of the incentive tariff for the years 2020-2022, so as to improve the conditions for energy companies. As you know, investments in energy infrastructure networks have a multiplier effect and are the backbone of the economy, create jobs, increase GDP, increase taxes.
