The current energy management system in Kherson does not fully comply with European standards, and this reduces its efficiency. In 2015, the City Council adopted the Concept of Energy Management System Introduction in Kherson, which recommends using the experience of cities with developed energy management systems and created computerized systems for energy consumption management of public buildings. The Concept defines as a priority task the development of the managerial model and creation on its basis of the administrative structure (“entitysectoral unitexecutive committee”) that will fulfill the functions on monitoring, planning and control over consumption of energy resources in the public buildings with the help of modern systems for information collection.The USAID Projectis providing comprehensive support to the city in modernizing the municipal energy management system and introduction in Kherson of the ISO 50001Energy Management System international standard.