Regulation and compliance
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This page links the energy-regulation topics covered on the site to their guides. Thresholds and charges are not repeated on the cards. They stay in the guide, with the source and the date last checked. Some topics are specific to Turkey.
This content is not legal advice.
Energy regulation calendar
The dates come from the official texts. Which row applies depends on the facility.
End of March, every year
Consumption notification
Public buildings, commercial and service buildings, industrial facilities, power plants and organised industrial zones enter their notifications, in the format set by the Ministry, on the ENVER portal by the end of March each year.
Source: Regulation on Increasing Efficiency in the Use of Energy Resources and Energy, article 32 (mevzuat.gov.tr, in Turkish)Guide
30 April, every year
Verified emissions report
An operator of an Annex-1 activity reports the previous calendar year’s greenhouse gas emissions and activity levels to the Climate Change Presidency by 30 April each year. The report is verified before it is submitted. The Presidency may extend the deadline by up to one month. A facility in the Emissions Trading System surrenders allowances by the last business day of November in the compliance year.
Meter-reading period
Reactive energy
The reactive limit applies to the meter-reading period. The first breach in a calendar year is shown on the bill and deducted on that same bill. If the reading runs longer than 35 days, the charge is limited to 35 days.
Source: Procedures and principles for electricity market tariffs, article 13 (EPDK, in Turkish)Guide
Every four or seven years
Energy audit
An industrial facility with annual energy consumption of 1,000 toe or more renews its audit every four years. Commercial and service buildings with a total construction area above 20,000 m², or annual energy consumption above 500 toe, renew it every seven years. Public buildings that must appoint an energy manager renew it every seven years. The final audit report goes to the Ministry by the end of March of the year after the audit.
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Reactive energy
Who the reactive energy charge applies to when a limit on the bill is exceeded.
OSOS and measurement systems
How automatic meter reading relates to the measurement-systems regulation and the smart meter system.
Energy manager
How to read the appointment thresholds for industrial sites, commercial and service buildings, and public buildings.
Electricity bill
How to read consumption, tax and additional charge lines on a Turkish electricity bill.
Unlicensed generation and remote control
Emergency instructions, SCADA integration and connection-agreement penalties for unlicensed plants on the distribution grid.
Security deposits and storage
Refund of the system usage security held by the distribution company, and the rules for consumers installing storage.
Recent changes
Short summaries of energy-regulation changes published in Turkey's Official Gazette that affect site and energy managers. Figures and thresholds stay in the guides; the full text is in the Official Gazette (in Turkish).
19 October 2026Official Gazette 33405 · EPDK
Amendment to the Balancing and Settlement Regulation
Owners of unlicensed plants, assigned supply companies, aggregators, distribution companies and organised industrial zones with a distribution licence
Emergency instructions and their order were defined for unlicensed plants on the distribution grid. Hourly rules moved to a settlement-period basis; instructions to thermal units based on ramp curves start on 1 January 2027.
Amendment to the unlicensed generation regulation
Owners of unlicensed plants on the distribution grid, assigned supply companies and aggregators
Distribution companies and organised industrial zones with a distribution licence may control plants in scope remotely for emergency instructions; a plant that does not follow an instruction is not paid for the part not carried out. Producers in scope must apply, within a deadline, to revise their connection agreements. Netting of auxiliary consumption was revised where generation and consumption are not at the same metering point.
Board decision 14909: connection agreement for unlicensed producers
Owners of unlicensed plants on the distribution grid
Penalties were added for a missing SCADA integration, faulty SCADA not repaired in time, and a remote switch-off that fails in an emergency; those for the integration and the remote switch-off do not apply until 30 April 2027.
Amendment to the organised industrial zones regulation
Organised industrial zones and industrial zones with a distribution licence
Duties were added to carry out load-reduction instructions for unlicensed plants and the transmission system operator's emergency instructions, and to share plant and instruction information; the sanctions in the Law apply if they are not met.
Amendment to the Connection and System Usage Regulation
Distribution system users and consumers planning storage
The form of system usage security, deadlines for additional and excess security and the maximum rate in the calculation were revised; excess security arising from this rule is refunded. Storage with installed capacity above the agreed capacity now requires automatic power control and a cut-off system.
Amendment to the Storage Activities Regulation
Consumers planning a storage facility
The conditions for a consumer to install storage (a positive connection opinion, the same metering point) were rewritten and storage above the agreed capacity was tied to the requirement in the Connection and System Usage Regulation.
Amendment to the renewable energy certification and support (YEK) regulation
Participants in the renewable support mechanism (YEKDEM), plants with storage and owners of unlicensed plants
For plants with storage, whether energy fed to the grid from storage is covered by YEKDEM is set by virtual records. Excess or ineligible support payments, including those to unlicensed plants, are recovered with interest.
Amendment to the Licensing Regulation
Licence applicants and licence holders
For storage units, power replaced capacity as the basis; rules on the return of guarantees for plants with storage, the use of similar trade names and force majeure that becomes permanent were revised.
Amendment to the Ancillary Services Regulation
Aggregators and consumption sites taking part in demand response
Demand-response payments (capacity and activation) and monitoring criteria changed. Consumption sites on the distribution grid need a document with meter details and agreed capacity approved by the distribution company. The date in one transitional provision moved to 31 December 2026.
Board decision 14913: reactive power control ancillary service agreement
Ancillary service providers connected to the transmission system
The assessment of whether reactive power control is provided has changed. The decision does not cover the consumer limits for the reactive energy charge on the bill.
Board decisions 14907, 14908, 14910, 14911 and 14912
Electricity market participants
Coefficients for deviation from schedule by source type (those for consumption units from 1 January 2027), reporting of balancing instructions, the bid price range, the value used in imbalance settlement, and the unit for capital requirements of standalone storage.
EnPI, an energy baseline and audit evidence are not described on this page as an output available today. Timing and scope may change; this is not a commitment.Coming soon