| Summary: | The huge territory and long distances between settlements (up to 700 km) determine the complex structure of the energy system of Yakutia. The average duration of the heating season in the region is 8-9 months, and 12 months in the Arctic. Electricity generation is carried out mostly by low-capacity boilers using coal and diesel fuel. About 85% of fuel is imported from outside of Yakutia. The northern provision is seasonal, due to a complicated transport scheme. The time of fuel delivery reaches 18 - 30 months. As a result, the net cost of electricity generation in the Arctic is higher than in Central Yakutia in 7-40 times. There are considerable territorial disparities of net costs of heating generation too. The settlements of Yakutia are not compact, have a large area because of the specific agricultural specialization. Construction of new buildings of public services increases the number of low-capacity boilers. There are 1355 heating units operating in villages and cities of Yakutia. The share of houses with central heating varies greatly. In settlements with significant proportion of houses with stove heating there is a reduction in forest area within a radius of 20-40 km, which leads to an increase in environmental problems. Yakutia obtains a certain effect from programs of local energy optimization systems and implementation of energy saving measures, including gasification of settlements, but budget costs are still very significant. This is a common problem for all northern countries. At present the system of cross-subsidization of energy consumption changes. It meant that a part of the energy consumption costs of economic agents have been paid by other economic agents, including the state. Its main reason is population poverty. Actually Inhabitants compensate by own funds only 25.5% of the real cost of central heating, 78.2% - of electricity. It is considerably lower than in Russia in general. The transition to rates, based on real costs, will lead to a rapid loss of population in the Arctic and other ...
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