January's tariffÌýfor Turkey'sÌýelectricity and natural gas pricesÌýremains unchanged,Ìýsaid Energy and Natural Resources Minister of Turkey, on Wednesday.Ìý
"There isÌýnoÌýnew adjustment in the electricity and natural gas prices," saidÌýTurkey's Energy Minister, TanerÌýYildiz, who added thatÌý"the new pricing is under the authority of the automatic pricing mechanism."
Yildiz warnedÌýthat with the privatization of electricity distribution companies, theÌýreading of electricityÌýbills and the lateÌýcollection of electricity bills may cause problems for the distributions companies.Ìý
He said that ifÌýelectricity meters areÌýread late for any reason, it will beÌýthe distribution companies thatÌýwill suffer economic losses rather than the end consumers.Ìý
"We will continue withÌýthe national tariff forÌýelectricity pricing, becauseÌýif we consider the regional tariff,Ìýelectricity prices in Kocaeli cityÌýwill be 0.20 liraÌýandÌý0.45 liraÌýin the city ofÌýSirnak, andÌýcurrentlyÌýthis is not theÌýcorrectÌýthing to do," he said.
Reporting ByÌýSeval Guler, Ali Hakan Der
WritingÌýBy Huseyin Erdogan
Anadolu AgencyÌý
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