The article discusses issues of stimulating environmental protection activities in the energy sector. In addition, the factors influencing the decline in industrial production volumes are considered: the close interdependence of economic and energy factors in shaping the state of security of territories; a decrease in the level of energy efficiency during a period of general stagnation; the increasing influence of economic indicators of the operation of energy systems on the degree of security threats, such as chronic underinvestment in fuel and energy sectors, non-payments, etc.; excessive load on the fuel and energy complex as the “locomotive of the economy”; high level of monopolism in the fuel and energy sector; uneven territorial distribution of fuel and energy resources and productive forces, both of natural origin and due to the dominance of an administrative-centralized management system for many decades; distortions in prices and tariffs for energy resources, etc.