Amendment to the Electricity Market Licensing Regulation
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This amendment tightens licensing rules in Turkey’s electricity market. It expands when EPDK sanctions can be applied if companies fail to meet board-imposed obligations on time, and it also blocks certain branding and naming practices for suppliers and aggregators that could make them look like distribution companies. The biggest practical impact is on supply license holders, aggregator license holders, and companies planning to renew or continue a license through a successor entity. Affected companies must review names, logos, and regional references in their branding, and companies with existing violations must fix them by 31 December 2026. The changes took effect on publication.
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Key Changes
- EPDK sanctions now apply more clearly when board-imposed obligations are not met on time, including in successor-license cases.
- Supply license holders and aggregator license holders cannot use distribution-region names in their company titles or use the same brand and logo as distribution companies.
- Existing naming and branding conflicts must be fixed by 31 December 2026; related transitional rules on licensing fees and delays were also removed or redirected to the main sanctions rule.
Obligations
What this law requires
When EPDK/Board-imposed obligations are not completed within the prescribed time, entities receiving a new license as a continuation of the former one are subject to the sanctions предусмотрed in Article 16 of the Electricity Market Law.
If a pre-license holder or license holder violates applicable legislation or fails to fulfill Board-determined obligations on time, and no separate sanction is provided in the relevant law, the sanctions under Article 16 of the Electricity Market Law apply according to the nature of the act.
Supplier license holders other than obligated supply companies must not include the region name of a distribution licensee in their company title and must not use the same brand or logo as distribution companies.
Aggregator license holders must not include the region name of a distribution licensee in their company title and must not use the same brand or logo as distribution companies.
Entities already in breach of the company-title separation rule for supplier licenses or aggregator licenses must bring their status into compliance with the amended naming and branding rules by 31 December 2026.