ENERGY MARKET REGULATORY AUTHORITY

Information about the duties, powers and responsibilities of the Authority and the structure of the Authority are included.

1.1. Duties, Authorities and Responsibilities of the Authority

The Energy Market Regulatory Authority (The Authority) was founded as the “Electricity Market Regulatory Authority” with the annulled Electricity Market Law numbered 4628 and published in at the Official Gazette dated 03.03.2001 and bis numbered 24335 and numbered as the “Energy Market Regulatory Authority” with the Law Amending the Electricity Market Law and the Natural Gas Market Law numbered 4646 and published in at the Official Gazette dated 02.05.2009 and numbered 24390.

The name of the law numbered 4628 was amended with the 30th article of Electricity Market Law numbered 6446, published on the Official Gazette dated 30/03/2013 and numbered 28603, as the “Law on the Organization and Duties of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority.” The Authority is a public entity with administrative and financial autonomy. The ministry it is related with is The Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR).

In order to reach this objective the Authority is responsible and entitled to;

• In the Electricity Market; Grant and renew licenses defining the rights and liabilities of the legal persons pertaining to their authorized activities; prepare the existing contracts within the scope of the transfer of operational rights as per the Law no:4628; establish performance standards by monitoring the market performances; prepare, improve and execute the secondary legislation, audit the license holding legal persons, prepare, modify and execute regulated tariffs and to ensure that the market activities are in compliance with the Electricity Market Law.

• In the Natural Gas Market; Grant licenses and certificates defining the rights and liabilities of the real and legal persons dealing with the import, transportation, distribution, storage, trade and export of natural gas; examine the market and system operation; prepare, amend, execute, supervise the distribution and customer services regulations; examine the cost-reflective prices; prepare, modify and execute the regulated tariffs and to ensure that the market activities are in compliance with the Natural Gas Market Law.

• In the Petroleum Market; Grant licenses for establishing and operating the facilities to perform refining, processing, lube oil production, storage, transportation, eligible consumer and bunker activities, distribution and transport of liquid fuel and vendor activities; determine the special conditions for the scope of the licensed activities and procedures, rights and liabilities stemming from the licenses, limiting the activities within the scope of the licenses, carrying out the activities and make the necessary arrangements,

• In the LPG Market; Grant, update, temporarily stop or cancel the licenses for establishing and operating the facilities for the purposes of distribution, transport, vendor activities, storage, production of LPG tubes, filling and maintenance; determine the special conditions for the scope of the licensed activities and procedures, rights and liabilities stemming from the licenses, limiting the activities within the scope of the licenses, carrying out the activities and make the necessary arrangements.

Service Unit

The service units of the Authority and the duties and responsibilities of the same, the titles and numbers of the cadres are set forth by the “Law on Organization and Duties of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority No:4628” and ‘Regulation on the Organizational Structure of EMRA and the Working Principles and Procedures Applicable to its Employees’, published in the Official Gazette dated 18/05/2014 and numbered 29004. Hereunder are the service units as defined in the Law No:46281;

  • a) Electricity Market Department
  • b) Natural Gas Market Department
  • c) Petroleum Market Department
  • d) Liquefied Petroleum Gases Market Department
  • e) Tariffs Department
  • f) Audit Department
  • g) Expropriation Department
  • h) Legal Department
  • i) Strategy Development Department
  • j) Human Resources and Support Services Department
  • k) Office of Press and Public Relations Counsellor
  • l) Special Bureau for the Board