Bendro vardiklio beieškant: Lietuvos energetinio saugumo orientyrai ekspertiniu požiūriu ; Searching for common denominator – the guidelines of Lithuania’s energy security in expert point of view

The operation and development of energetic system is related to public welfare. Directly and indirectly it affects economic, political, health, environmental and social areas. Having in mind the complicated nature of energetic system and multifaceted concern of energy security, it becomes clear that identification of the risks and dangers of energetic system requires rational, reasoned and clarified point of view. Therefore, the aim of the article is to investigate and present the guidelines of Lithuania’s energy security from the experts’ point of view. Two approaches could be identified when analyzing the guidelines of energy security from the experts’ point of view. Following the first approach, the guidelines of energy security should be based on the economic benefits; while the second perspective is focusing on the political objectives to secure independent sources of energy generation. Therefore, according to the experts, the guidelines of Lithuania’s energy security should be twofold: diversification of energy resources and suppliers (which would help to achieve political goal – to have a more independent generation of energy resources); and increasing competition in energy market (which would allow to achieve economic benefits, i.e. reach relevant cost of energy products). According to the experts interviewed, it is likely that successful realization of these goals would ensure energy security. The research showed that experts analyzing energy security were focusing on the aspects (which later became the evaluation criteria) of the area that they represent. For example, the economist emphasized the importance of economic calculations, political scientists argued about political scenario modeling; technicians were concerned with the technical system reliability, etc. [.]