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Liberalization Process in Electricity Market in Terms of

Competition Law

Att. Ecem Susoy Uygun

Introduction

Legislation regarding the electricity market initiated its develop-

ment in the first decade of this century. Primarily, Electricity Market

Law No. 4628 (“Law No. 4628”) was approved on 20.02.2001, and

then, Electricity Market Law No. 6446 (“Electricity Market Law”),

which was published in the Official Gazette dated 30.03.2013 and

numbered 28603, took its place. Law No. 4628 was not abrogated with

the entry into force of the Electricity Market Law; it was partially

amended, however, and its name was altered to the Law on Organization

and Duties of Energy Market Regulatory Authority.

Within the framework of the recent legislation that entered into

force, a competitive environment in The Turkish electricity market was

created by virtue of restructuring with an aim towards liberalization.

With regard to the process of the establishment of a competitive elec-

tricity market, the Competition Authority (“Authority”) published the

Report on Wholesale and Retail Electricity Market Sector Inquiry

(“Report”)

. One of the subject matters that is thoroughly examined in

this Report is the liberalization process of the electricity market. This

article briefly discusses the liberalization process of the electricity

market, in light of the aforesaid Report of the Authority.

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Article of April 2015

Please see.

%B6r+Raporu%2Felektriksektor.pdf (Access date: 05.05.2015).