The number of electricity consumers who are able to exercise their right to buy electricity from their preferred provider increased by 1 percent in August compared to July, according to the latest Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data on Wednesday.
These eligible consumers who availed of more competitive tariffs totaled 4.48 million in August in Turkey.
Consumers who use more than 2,400 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year qualified as eligible consumers in 2017. In other words, customers with a monthly power bill over 82 Turkish liras ($22.58) were classified as eligible.
In August, Istanbul, Turkey's largest populated city contained the largest number of eligible consumers totaling 1.3 million. Izmir and Antalya followed with 438,869 and 367,044 people, respectively.
EXIST divided consumers who qualify into categories from which residential consumers were the largest with over 3.1 million followed by the business sector with 1.30 million eligible consumers.
(Anadolu Agency)
