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ENERGY LAW
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The Regulation Concerning the Competition of License
Applications for the Installation of Wind Power Generation
Plant (“WPGP”) entered into force on 22 September 2010
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The regulation numbered 27707 (hereinafter referred to as the
“Regulation”) stipulating the guidelines for the competition and tender
process among the license applications made for building a WPGP within
the same region or transformer center entered into force by being published
in the Official Gazette on 22
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September 2010.
The Regulation sets forth the procedures and principles with regard
to the tender to be realized in order to determine who will connect to the
system if more than one license application to build a WPGP within the
scope of the Electricity Market Law numbered 4628 for the same region
(convergent or crossing region) and/or same transformer center has been
submitted. The Regulation also regulates the calculation and payment
rules and procedures of the contribution fee to be paid by successful
bidders and the other rights and obligations of bidders. The bidders will
undertake to pay a contribution fee per kWh on an annual basis to TEIAS
starting from the temporary acceptance of the first unit of the generation
plant for a period of 20 years after the temporary acceptance of the whole
facilities. The total contribution fee will be calculated by multiplication
of the undertaken contribution fee per kWh with annual electric energy
generation and the annual consumer price index. The total contribution fee
will be paid to TEIAS yearly.
According to Article 5 of the Regulation, the list of WPGP projects
which may participate in the tender process is published on the web site
of TEİAŞ, and the list includes the name of the projects, installed power,
and bearing capacity. The Regulation provides that applicants must be
eligible to make an offer and attend the tender only for one transmission
center and for either high voltage busbar (above 36kV) or medium voltage
busbar (equal to or below 36 kV). Those applicants who have installed
capacity of medium voltage busbar can only apply for the medium voltage
busbar capacity, whereas others which have high voltage busbar capacity
are eligible to apply for the medium voltage busbar capacity or the high
voltage busbar capacity.
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Article of September 2010