Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation


Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation is the transmission system operator for electricity in Turkey. It is a government-owned corporation.

History

There was a nationwide blackout in 2015.

Operations

According to a study by Sabancı University 20% of Turkey's electricity could be generated from wind and solar by 2026 with no extra transmission costs, and 30% with a minor increase in grid investment.

Subsidies

TEİAŞ distributes extra payments to some power stations in Turkey: some hydro is supported, but this "capacity mechanism" has been criticised as wasting money on too much capacity by supporting some coal fired power stations in Turkey.