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Title in national language: 
Указ Президента Республики Узбекистан "О мерах по коренному совершенствованию системы управления топливно-энергетической отраслью Республики Узбекистан" (утв. 01.02.2019 № УП-5646)
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2019
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Decree
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power
Energy Types: 
Coal, Oil, Power, Gas
Issued by: 
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan 
Notes: 
No English translation available
Overall Summary: 
The Decree of the President No. UP-5646 of 2019 on Measures to Radically Improve the Management System of the Fuel and Energy Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan defines the main directions for the further development of the fuel and energy industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Governance
National policy structure: 
1. To determine the main directions for the further development of the fuel and energy industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan: firstly, the implementation of a unified energy policy aimed at ensuring the country's energy security and meeting the growing demand of the country's economic sectors and the country's population for energy resources; secondly, the delimitation of the functions of state regulation and economic activity in the energy sector, the improvement of the legal and institutional framework for social and public-private partnerships, the development of clear market mechanisms for the implementation of tariff policy and the promotion of the principles of a healthy competitive environment on this basis; thirdly, creating conditions for actively attracting investments, primarily direct foreign ones, in the construction of infrastructure facilities, as well as the modernization, technical and technological re-equipment of industry enterprises; fourthly, the implementation of the state policy in the field of energy saving and reducing the energy intensity of the economy, stimulating the active introduction of advanced resource and energy-saving technologies in the sectors of the economy and the domestic sector, and the widespread development of alternative energy sources; fifthly, the widespread introduction of modern means of automating technological processes, accounting systems for production, supply, and consumption of energy resources at enterprises in the energy industry; sixth, optimization of the management system of enterprises in the industry, their structures and divisions, the introduction of modern methods of organizing work and target indicators (quality management, indicative planning) aimed at achieving specific results.
Energy institutional structures: 
2. To form the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry), defining its main tasks: development and implementation of a unified state policy in the fuel and energy industry aimed at ensuring the energy security of the Republic of Uzbekistan, sustainable supply of economic sectors and the population of the country with fuel and energy resources, wide promotion and development of renewable energy sources; implementation of state regulation over the production, transmission, distribution and consumption of electrical and thermal energy, coal, as well as over the extraction, processing, transportation, distribution, sale and use of oil, gas and products of their processing; implementation of a unified legal and technical regulation of the energy sector in the republic; creation and development of a balanced system of strategic planning and development of the fuel and energy complex, increase and diversification of the production of energy resources, development of interconnected short-term, medium-term and long-term forecasts for the production, supply and consumption of all types of energy resources, as well as targeted programs for the integrated development of the energy industry; increasing the investment attractiveness of the fuel and energy industry through the development of public-private partnerships, improving the tariff policy that stimulates the formation of a favorable competitive and business environment in the energy market; coordination of the implementation of investment projects in the fuel and energy industry, active involvement of private capital in the processes of extraction and production of energy resources, establishing cooperation with international financial institutions, donor countries, companies, banks and other structures; promoting the introduction of modern methods of corporate governance in the energy sector, advanced information and communication technologies and automated management, accounting and control systems, ensuring, on this basis, an increase in management efficiency and a reduction in production costs, transparency in the financial and economic activities of organizations in the energy industry; stimulating the introduction of innovative technologies into the production processes of organizations in the oil and gas and electric power industries, increasing the level of energy efficiency and saving energy resources; organization of systematic work on training, advanced training and retraining of engineering, technical and managerial personnel in the energy sector.