Amendments In The Regulation On License-Exempt Electricity Generation Have Been Introduced

With the Regulation Amending the Regulation on License-Exempt Electricity Generation ("Amendment Regulation"), published in Official Gazette dated 2 March 2023 and numbered 32120, the connection agreement application process was facilitated for the non-accepted facilities that will have an installed power of 1-10 MW, and it has been regulated that a reduction of over 10% can be made from the installed power included in the connection agreement for the facilities for one time only.

Notable amendments introduced with the Amendment Regulation are as follows:

• By amending Article 17 paragraph 1 of the Regulation on Unlicensed Electricity Production in the Electricity Market ("Regulation"), the requirement of application for environmental impact assessment ("EIA") decision within the 30 days from the service of the call letter was declared off and "receiving the document" within this term in accordance with the EIA Regulation was brought. Thus, the loss of time