A New Regulation Has Been Issued For The Harmonization Of Public Generation Facilities With The Environmental Legislation

The requirement concerning harmonization of public generation plants with the environmental laws and regulations was originally introduced by the Provisional Article 8 of the Electricity Market Law numbered 6446. Accordingly, the generation utility EÜAŞ and its affiliates, generation companies to be established under the scope of the Law on Privatisation Practice numbered 4046 and generation facilities owned by these public generation companies and certain public generation companies which were privatized before 17.06.2016 and will be privatized after this date shall realize the investments required for harmonization with the applicable environmental legislation and apply for and obtain all regulatory permits required under the environmental legislation until the date of 31.12.2019.