The Competition Board has announced that it has decided to initiate a sector review on electricity wholesale and retail markets in its meeting held on 13.12.2018.
The Competition Board had previously shared its recommendations and findings with a sector review report published in 2015. The new report will be a continuation of the previous sector review. In the statement made by the Board, it was stated that new conditions and progress in liberalization in the electricity market will be evaluated and that the sector stakeholders are expected to contribute to the research. In its statement, the Board added as follows: “… At this point, it is aimed to examine the current structure and operation of the sector more closely and thus to make an evaluation of the practices in the sector value chain from a competitive perspective and to make suggestions regarding the next period in line with the experiences obtained by the sector stakeholders until today.”
All stakeholders in the sector will be able to submit to the Competition Authority their opinions and suggestions on the subject via the Authority's contact information on the official website. Opinions and suggestions submitted to the Authority may be published on the official website; therefore, we would like to kindly remind that the companies / persons should request for privacy if they do not wish their submission to be published.
We will continue to share any details and developments together with our legal evaluation on this study which will be an important due-diligence related to the sector.
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