THE RELIABILITY OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY AS THE BASIS FOR STATE SECURITY

Abstract

Considering the penetration of the energy in all spheres of the modern society the reliability of electric power presents one of the most crucial components of securing the economic and national safety.
The paper defines the main threats to energy security affecting the economic and national security of the state. The paper discriminates and defines in detail the following threats : these of the foreign policy, connected with nature, with social policy, with management and law, technogenic and economic threads, threads to fail as the reliable supplier, threads of substantial damage.
The features of the electro energetic systems are defined which require the evaluation of the energy security. The reliability indexes of the energy elements and systems, the analysis of major serious accidents and their impact on the economy are presented. The possible ways to ensure the energy security are discussed.