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Implementation of energy service contracts in Russia
The article discusses the features of energy service contracts as
one of the types of state-business interaction in the form of a publicprivate
partnership. The purpose of the article is to analyze the main
problems accompanying the implementation of energy service contracts
on the basis of a case analysis and to develop recommendations for those
who are at the stage of concluding such agreements. The following causes
of problems between the parties to the energy service contracts are
highlighted: methodological, organizational and financial. The following
recommendations are developed based on the experience of participation
in forensic examinations:1) careful study of the methodology for
calculating savings using energy audit;2) the method of calculating the
economic effect should be an integral part of the energy service
contract;3)careful management of documents in order to be able to begin
to resolve the conflict in the pretrial order according to the Civil Code;4)
the contractor must make sure that there are economic benefits based on
detailed calculations of indicators such as payback period, net present
value of the project, internal rate of return, which it is mandatory to
compare with the cost of financial resources used in the project.