ABOUT SOME PROBLEMS OF THE ELECTRIC ENERGY SECTOR OF GEORGIA

In the article - "About some problems of the electric energy sector of Georgia" - the issue of the country's electricity production potential and how it is used is discussed. The article mentions that out of all the energy resources, Georgia has the most electrical energy resources. These are hydropower (water resources), wind and solar resources. A retrospective analysis of both total and individual production and consumption of electricity in the period 1990-2023 concluded that a 47.5% increase in individual consumption was caused by the catastrophic population decrease in Georgia during the same period. The article also mentions that the average consumption of electricity in Georgia is half of the corresponding indicator of Germany, the USA - Mesa-Med, and Norway - one-sixth. The electricity balance of Georgia is negative. A significant part of electricity is imported from Russia and Azerbaijan. Among the problems faced by the electrical energy system, the article discusses the possibility of causing danger by depending on external sources of electricity, giving preference to the construction of large hydroelectric power plants (the construction of which destroys wild nature) and less attention to the study of the issue of regional production and consumption of electricity. The article provides conceptual solutions to each of these problems. Keywords: electric energy; hydropower; wind and solar energy; large and small hydropower plants; Electrical energy balance.