Board decisions of EMRA on the subject were published in the Official Gazette.
Accordingly, active or usable electricity consumers in Adıyaman, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş and Malatya provinces, which were affected by the earthquakes on 6 February 2023, and in İslahiye and Nurdağı districts of Gaziantep, electricity consumers in the medium voltage industrial subscriber group, medium voltage electricity consumers. within the scope of Article 32 of the Electricity Market Consumer Services Regulation, titled “Meter reading and reading notification” It has been decided to postpone the meter readings until and including May 31, 2023.
In the scope of the 33rd article of the same regulation, titled “invoicing basis and period”, the invoice accrual and collection transactions are also postponed until 31 May and the invoice amount based on the total electricity consumption in this period is collected in 6 months in equal installments without delay increase as of the June 2023 billing period. was decided to be made.
Within the scope of the regulation, the second notification processes, electricity cut off transactions, deduction from the security fee and notifications, the termination of the retail sales contract, and It has been decided to postpone the notifications, legal proceedings and notifications until and including 31 May, and to connect the electricity of the places of use whose electricity has been cut within the scope of this article, without any payment condition, if the consumers demand it.
On the other hand, according to another board decision of EMRA in the Official Gazette, supply companies working in places where a state of emergency was declared or disaster areas were declared due to the earthquakes that occurred on 6 February 2023, the Quality Regulation on Distribution and Retail Sales Activities in the Electricity Market. The Incumbent Supply Company will be exempted from the indemnity obligations for the services and the periods in the Commercial Quality Table (Table-10) until and including this date until 31 May 2023.
