МЕТОДИЧНИЙ ПІДХІД ДО ОЦІНЮВАННЯ РІВНЯ ІНВЕСТИЦІЙНОГО РОЗВИТКУ ЕНЕРГЕТИЧНИХ КОМПАНІЙ

Annotation. The article is devoted to the improvement of evaluation system of energy companies’ investment development. The approval of sustainable development has changed the behavior of energy consumers. The transition to “green” energy, the using of electricity, growing demand for electric vehicles and the development of municipal ecology are established. Such factors determine the transformation of the organizational and economic mechanism of functioning of energy companies by improving the investment development system. The introduction of innovative technological processes on the basis of digitalization of business processes requires the involvement of additional financial resources, the development of partnerships with investors. The method for evaluation of level of energy companies’ investment development on the basis of an integrated indicator of innovation introduction is proposed. For this purpose, the factors that directly affect to the energy supply process are selected, in particular: investments in the reconstruction (renewal, modernization) of the power line; investment in the reconstruction (renewal, modernization) of electrical substations; capital investment to improve the electricity metering process; investment in updating and modernization of dispatching and technological management; investment in modernization of computerization and software; investment in the renewal and modernization of equipment, devices and tools for testing and repair of individual power supply chains. Objects for research are selected such following energy companies of the western region of Ukraine: “Ternopiloblenergo”, “Lvivoblenergo”, “Chernivtsioblenergo”, “Rivneoblenergo” and “Volynoblenergo”. The article notes the distribution of energy companies according to the integrated indicator of the level of innovative development. Keywords: sustainable development, alternative energy, renewable energy sources, energy market, innovative development, investments