Public Service Law. State Regulation of Contracts between Municipalities and Public Utilities

1923 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 211
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Public Utilities

Financial State of Utilities and Ways to Improve It

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Valentyna Glukhova ◽  
◽  
Kristina Kravchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
State Regulation ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Financial Policy ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Efficient Operation ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Fixed Assets ◽  
Utility Companies ◽  
High Level

Annotation. Introduction. One of the key tasks of the formation of a socially oriented economy is to ensure a high level and quality of life of the population, which implies the satisfaction of the most necessary needs of citizens in comfortable housing, energy, sanitary and technical, transport services, etc. Satisfaction of the above needs is possible only under the condition of the efficient and uninterrupted functioning of utilities, since the main task of the utilities is to provide the population with heat, water, gas, electricity and other services on which the comfort of housing, the state of human health, the constant mode of operation of enterprises, improvement districts, ecological state of settlements. The efficient operation of enterprises of communal ownership largely depends on their financial condition. Therefore, the study of the development and financial support of public utilities, the effectiveness of their activities is relevant, especially in the context of decentralization. Now, the problems of public utilities require much attention, among which their financial condition is significant. Purpose. The purpose of the work is to analyze and study the financial condition of utilities and develop proposals for its improvement. Results. The article considers, analyzes and compares such indicators of the financial condition of utility companies in some cities of Ukraine as: financial results, depreciation of fixed assets, return on assets, absolute liquidity ratio. Factors influencing the financial results of utilities have been identified. The main ways to improve the financial condition of utilities have been identified. Conclusions. According to the results of the analysis of their financial condition, the prevailing loss, high level of depreciation of fixed assets and low capital productivity of most enterprises in this industry have been determined. The reasons for this situation are the lack of effective directions of financial policy in this area, the imperfection of the regulatory framework and miscalculations in the management of financial resources. The current state of this industry gives grounds to talk about the need to improve the effectiveness of its state regulation in order to solve the basic problems of its socio-economic development.

Public Service Media Utilities: Rethinking Search Engines and Social Networking as Public Goods

2013 ◽  
Vol 146 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Andrejevic
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Relative Content ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Network Neutrality ◽  
User Mobility ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Technological Developments

Far from being relegated to history's dustbin by technological developments, a public service rationale is as pertinent as ever in the digital era, the capabilities of which lend themselves to the development of public service media. This article explores calls to regulate digital media platforms like Facebook and Google as public utilities, but concludes that, with the exception of regulations to facilitate user mobility and platform/network neutrality, it makes more sense to focus on the development of a robust public service media sector for the digital era. Such a sector would broaden the scope of public service beyond content production and distribution to include social media, search and other information-sorting and communication utilities. The article considers the rationale and scope for such a program, arguing that an era of information glut poses challenges that are distinct from those associated with the broadcast era of relative content scarcity.

An Analysis of the Provision of Local Public Utility Services by Way of Illustration of Two Slovenian Municipalities

10.4335/82 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-219
Author(s):  
Božo Grafenauer
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Public Utility ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Public Enterprise ◽  
Public Enterprises ◽  
The Public ◽  
Local Public Services ◽  
Legal Foundations ◽  
Utility Services

Among the tasks performed by the Slovenian municipalities to meet the needs of individual residents there is also the provision of local public services. A municipality provides the performance of the public services determined by the municipality itself, and the performance of the public services established by law (local public services). The legal foundations for the regulation and operation of public utility services are given primarily in the Local Self-Government Act and in the Public Utilities Act, as well as in sector-specific laws for individual services. The overview of public utility services and the modes of their performance in two urban municipalities indicate that in Slovenian municipalities, public utility services are performed primarily in two ways: in public enterprises and by awarding a public service concession. KEYWORDS: • local public services • public service delivery • municipality • concession • public enterprise • Slovenia

Priority measures of state regulation of labor market in the Russian Federation

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-58
Author(s):  
Малик ◽  
Elena Malik ◽  
Абрамова ◽  
Anastasiya Abramova
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Work And Employment ◽  
Service Employment

The authors have analysed bases and principles of state policy of work and employment of the population in modern Russia. Social and economic conditions of policy formation of work and employment of the population at the federal and regional levels are revealed. The authors have proved an objective requirement of using optimum ways of creation of working conditions both at the federal, and regional levels. Factors of increasing overall performance of public service employment of the population in modern social and economic conditions of the Russian reality are specified.

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