STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE'S ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY WITHIN THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM OF THE STATE

Abstract

The current stage of global economic development is characterized by growing geopolitical instability, intensified competition for energy resources, accelerated digitalization processes, and the transition toward a low-carbon economic model. Under these conditions, the electricity sector is becoming not only a fundamental branch of the national economy but also one of the key strategic factors in ensuring national security. The stable functioning of the electric power complex determines the level of economic stability, defense capability, social security, and national competitiveness, thereby creating the necessary prerequisites for sustainable development.

For Ukraine, issues related to the development of the electricity sector have become particularly relevant in the context of the full-scale military aggression of the Russian Federation, accompanied by systematic attacks on energy infrastructure facilities. The destruction of generation capacities, damage to transmission networks, and increasing risks to electricity supply for households and businesses have demonstrated the critical importance of establishing an effective system of strategic management in the electricity sector. At the same time, post-war reconstruction requires not only the restoration of damaged facilities but also the transformation of the electricity sector development model toward greater energy resilience, diversification of energy sources, integration of renewable energy, and implementation of modern management mechanisms.

Within the framework of national security, the electricity sector represents a complex socio-economic system whose effectiveness depends largely on the quality of strategic management. Strategic management ensures the formulation of long-term development goals, the determination of investment policy priorities, risk management, coordination among energy market participants, and adaptation to external and internal challenges. The effectiveness of managerial decisions in the electricity sector significantly influences the state's ability to guarantee energy security, maintain the uninterrupted functioning of critical infrastructure, and ensure an adequate level of socio-economic development.

The issue of strategic management of electricity sector development has attracted considerable attention from both domestic and international scholars. Significant contributions to the study of energy security, energy systems management, sustainable development, and public policy in the energy sector have been made by researchers in economics, management, and security studies. However, contemporary challenges associated with military threats, energy market transformations, economic decarbonization, and Ukraine’s integration into the European energy space require further development of both theoretical and practical foundations of strategic management in the electricity sector as a component of the national security system.

In this regard, the study of strategic management of Ukraine’s electricity sector development through the prism of a security-oriented approach gains particular scientific and practical significance. Such an approach involves the complementary consideration of economic, organizational, technological, institutional, and social factors. The formalization of a strategic management model for the sector should contribute to strengthening the country’s energy independence, enhancing the resilience of critical infrastructure, and creating conditions for long-term economic growth.

The purpose of the article is to generalize the theoretical foundations and formalize a strategic management model for the development of Ukraine’s electricity sector within the national security system.

Materials and Methods.The research materials included regulatory and legal acts concerning the development of Ukraine’s electricity sector within the national security system, as well as scientific works by Ukrainian and foreign scholars devoted to strategic management of electricity sector development in this context.

The study employed the following scientific methods: generalization—to clarify the theoretical foundations of strategic management of electricity sector development; analysis and synthesis—to identify the relationship between the development of the electricity sector and the components of national security; a systems approach—to examine the electricity sector as an integrated multi-level system operating under the influence of economic, technological, institutional, innovative, and security factors; modeling—to formalize a strategic management model for the development of Ukraine’s electricity sector within the national security system; and logical generalization of results—to formulate conclusions.

Results. The study generalized the theoretical foundations of strategic management of Ukraine’s electricity sector development and formalized its model within the national security system. It was substantiated that strategic management in this field should be considered a multi-level management system aimed at coordinating economic, security, institutional, technological, and innovative mechanisms of electricity sector development in order to ensure energy resilience, protect critical infrastructure, and strengthen national security.

It was argued that the strategic management model for the development of Ukraine’s electricity sector within the national security system has a cyclical nature and encompasses five interconnected blocks: institutional, economic, security, technological, and innovative. A separate result of the study is the formalization of the strategic management model and its cyclical framework. The process of transforming the strategic management model of Ukraine’s electricity sector within the implementation of the Energy Security Strategy of Ukraine was substantiated. It was determined that this transformation creates prerequisites for increasing the resilience of the electricity system, reducing vulnerability to military threats, deepening integration into the European energy space, and ensuring the long-term development of the sector based on the principles of energy security and the national interests of the state.

Prospects. Future research should focus on monitoring the strategic management model for the development of Ukraine’s electricity sector within the framework of implementing the Energy Security Strategy of Ukraine.