EMRA postponed advance payments: Which companies are covered?

The Board decision of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) on the subject was published in the Official Gazette.

Accordingly, the relevant decision includes the categories of Akedaş Elektrik Dağıtım AŞ, Dicle Elektrik Dağıtım AŞ, Fırat Elektrik Dağıtım AŞ, Toroslar Elektrik Dağıtım AŞ and the assigned supply companies operating in the said distribution regions, in accordance with the 140th article of the Electricity Market Balancing and Settlement Regulation, within the scope of subparagraphs a, b, c and ç of the 2nd paragraph of the 17th article of the Regulation, and the relevant supply companies of which the organized industrial zones are direct or indirect partners. It will be valid for advances that are obliged to pay for electricity sales made within the borders of the organized industrial zone.

It has been decided that the amounts included in the advance payment notifications specified in the first paragraph of Article 132/C of the Regulation will be postponed until the invoice due date for the relevant invoice period, default interest will not be applied to the market operator and market participant during the period during which the advance payments are postponed, and the decision will be valid until 31 December 2027.

The decision will enter into force on January 1, 2027.