A total of 29
hydroelectric and gas-turbine powered power plants of the Turkish
Electricity Generation Corporation (EÜAŞ), and Turkey’s state-run oil
company TPAO’s oil distribution unit, TP Petrol Dağıtım, have been put
under a privatization program.
The
Turkish Electromechanics Industry, or TEMSAN, which deals with the
production, establishment, operation and maintenance services of energy
installations, is also on the list.The privatizations are planned to be completed by 2020, according to thewritten statement published in the Official Gazette on June 24. EÜAŞ’s power plants will be privatized upon the transfer of assets or operating rights.
In 2014, a number of thermoelectric plants and hydroelectric plants were privatized, mainly attracting local investors. At the end of 2014, the share of energy produced by the private sector reached 72 percent, up from 57 percent in 2003, according to data from the Energy Ministry.
Turkey will not include the largest hydropower plants in the privatization plan however, even though investors have offered up to USD 20 billion to buy one of them, Energy Minister Taner Yıldız had said in December.
(http://business.bgnnews.com)
