Electricity Price Increased by 5.75 Percent

The Energy Market Regulatory Board held its meeting every three months where it determined electricity tariffs. According to the decision made for the last three months of 2020, electricity will be priced 5.75% higher than the previous three months.

According to the decision, kilowatt/hour of electricity from 71.02 kuruş to 75.1 kuruş in residential properties, increased from 70.97 kuruş to 75.06 kuruş in industry and from 94.44 kuruş to 99.87 kuruş in commercial establishments. These new prices, which will be valid in the last quarter of 2020, may change with the meetings to be held in the coming period for the first three months of 2021. 

Rising news in EMRA's electricity price hike decision dollar rate It was also effective:

According to the information provided by Habertürk, EMRA officials discussed sectoral costs to determine the new tariffs. The increase in the dollar exchange rate and the resulting additional costs from the Renewable Energy Resources Support Mechanism (YEKDEM) were evaluated.

Facilities that use renewable energy sources such as sun, wind and water Since purchase guarantees are calculated in dollars There was an increase in the TL budget spent on these facilities, which was effective in EMRA's decision to increase.

With the increase, the TRT shares taken from the bills also increased, and the wholesale electricity unit price also increased:

The 2% TRT structure received from electricity increased with the increase because it was calculated on the unit price. TRT share per kilowatt/hour from 0.72 kuruş to 0.78 kuruş in residences, It increased from 1.08 kuruş to 1.16 kuruş in commercial establishments. The decision not to receive TRT shares from the industry remained valid. 

With the decision, the price of wholesale electricity sales also increased. Accordingly, wholesale electricity sales per kilowatt/hour in the new period From 13.2 cents to 15.48 cents rose. EMRA's new tariffs will be valid until December 31, 2020.