The price of electricity went up in Türkiye

report The Turkish Energy Market Regulatory News Agency announced that the electricity price for home consumers would increase by 5 %. This rate is increased by 2 % for public and private service sectors and 2 % for industrial users.

Price for agricultural consumption rose by 4.9 percent. After this change, home subscribers who consume 2 kWh of electricity a month pay 1.5 lire equivalent to about $ 7.

State Energy Company Botash announced a 5 % increase in natural gas prices for industrial consumption. The natural gas used to generate electricity is now priced at 4.9 percent. The price of home gas consumption remained unchanged.

Government says the increase reflects growing costs in energy production and distribution.

The newest price increase is when Turkish people are struggling with high costs.