Energy management in modern Russia: problems, development trends, prospects

The article is dedicated to the relevant issue of implementing energy management in the practice of enterprise management. The status of material resources, which are carriers of energy, has recently changed, natural resources are disappearing from the face and bowels of the earth, so their optimal use is required. Recognition of importance of energy as a significant and exhaustible resource required all countries to look at their use in a new way. The article identifies the main directions for development of energy management in the world, and establishes the risks of its implementation in the Russian economy, both institutional and mental. The authors suggest implementing measures to introduce energy management to enterprises in accordance with the step-by-step implementation method, which assumes flexible, iterative promotion of energy management functions based on pilot models.