The article discusses the problems of introducing digital technologies into the decision-making process in the energy sector. For this purpose, two types of digital decision-making technologies are analyzed. The first technology - direct, which today is the main (traditional), is that the decision is made by a person - a decision maker, and a computer program acts as an “advisor” - a decision support system. The development of this technology is associated with the development of “active advisers”, when, after the implementation of the decision, a comparison is made of the decision made by the decision maker and the decision proposed by the “adviser” on the basis of so-called “recalculating models”. In the second technology (let's call it inverse), the decision is made by a computer program, and the person only observes and analyzes, without interfering in the decision-making process (with the exception of force majeure situations). In this technology, a decision support system is transformed into a decision-making system, and a decision maker becomes a decision analyst. However, the decision-making mechanism is developed by the head and other stakeholders who are responsible for the results of the operation. The necessary conditions for the effective functioning of both technologies are, firstly, the interest of participants in the presentation of reliable information required for decision-making, and secondly, interest in the implementation of decisions made (conditions of L.V. Kantorovich - V.M. Glushkov). The article provides a comparative analysis of these technologies and provides examples of their practical implementation.