Content

• Review of the Turkish Competition Authority Decision No: 16-19/308-137 regarding the abuse of dominant position by a Natural Gas Distribution Company
• Organized Wholesale Natural Gas Market Regulation Published
• Draft Principles and Procedures for Rooftop Solar Power Projects up to 10Kw installed capacity submitted for public review on 10 April 2017
• Draft Regulation of the Electricity Market Consumer Services Regulation submitted for public review on 13 April 2017
• Amendment on Power Generation Plants’ Acceptance Regulation
• Amendments in the Balancing and Settlement System of the Electricity Market
• EMRA’s Decision on the Change of Distribution Fee for Unlicensed Electricity Generation Facilities
• Amendment regarding the Imbalances due to Unlicensed Electricity Generation Facilities
• RES Mechanism’s cost estimations published by the EMRA
• Amendment on the Duties for Solar Panels
• Amendment on the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation for SPPs and WPPs
• Right to terminate their licenses for generation pre-license and license owners
• EMRA’s Decisions on the penalty to apply to Unlicensed Electricity Generation Facilities Generating Electricity over the installed capacity stated in the Connection Agreement or 1 MW limit
• Industrial Enterprises exempted from TRT Fund
• Requirement to obtain construction permits for the solar panels to be built on the rooftop eliminated
• Changes to the Investment Incentive Certificates of Unlicensed Electricity Generation Facilities

Updates and Trends

• Pre-License contests regarding capacities announced in 2015 took place on 21-23 June 2017, new wind power contests planned to be held on 3 August 2017 within the scope of RERA