Development Trends and Problems of Public-Private Partnership in the Field of District Heating

DOI

10.2991/iscfec-18.2019.68How to use a DOI?

Keywords

public-private partnership, concession, housing and communal services, heat supply, target quality indicators, state and municipal control.

Abstract

The article deals with the problems of improving the efficiency of the provision of public services of heat supply on the basis of concession agreements in the framework of public-private partnership. The current status and development trends of concessions in the field of district heating supply system in Vladimir region, and in particular, Melenki district. Statistical methods of analysis of information from open sources and the method of expert assessments were used in the article. There are main problems of the use of concessions in heat supply, expressed in the transformation of public utilities with a socially significant direction into commercial services with the resulting negative consequences for the consumer. The conclusion is drawn that it is necessary to form an equitable tariff-setting system and to shift business priorities from maximizing the profit from the concession agreement to improving the quality of utility services. For this purpose it is recommended to establish specific quality targets in the interest of the population and to strengthen the permanent state and municipal control over their implementation. The article is useful for representatives of state and local authorities, heads of resource-supplying enterprises, and anyone interested in the problems of housing and communal services.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - A.V. Svistunov
AU  - A.D. Kurkina
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TI  - Development Trends and Problems of Public-Private Partnership in the Field of District Heating
BT  - Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "Far East Con" (ISCFEC 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 300
EP  - 304
SN  - 2352-5428
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