A COMPARISON OF ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY REGULATION AND RESTRUCTURING: GREECE AND TURKEY

Year 2014, Volume: 22 Issue: 1, 65 - 84, 28.06.2014

Yeşim Reel

https://doi.org/10.29228/mjes.93

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to compare the experience of regulation and restructuring in the Greek and the Turkish electricity industries. For this purpose, a comparison of data on the two industries is employed. A quantitative analysis of the impact of restructuring these two countries’ presented and complemented with an evaluation of relevant legislation, policy changes and regulation scores. The paper shows that the electricity industries in Turkey and Greece have undergone a radical restructuring, but which remains an ongoing process. The main conclusion is that the two industries face number of challenges, and that institutional and political reforms ensuring the smooth functioning of the electricity industries thus need to be enacted. In addition, there is a crucial need for a debate about regulatory principles for the industry in both countries

Keywords

Electricity industry, regulation, restructuring, Greece, Turkey

ELEKTRİK ENDÜSTRİSİ REGÜLASYONU VE YENİDEN YAPILANMASINA DAİR BİR KARŞILAŞTIRMA: YUNANİSTAN VE TÜRKİYE

Abstract

Bu makalenin amacı, Yunanistan ve Türk elektrik endüstrilerinin regülasyon ve
yeniden yapılanma tecrübelerinin karşılaştırılmasıdır. Bu amaca yönelik söz
konusu iki endüstrinin verilerinin karşılaştırılması tercih edildi. Bu endüstrilerdeki
yeniden yapılanmanın etkisi niceliksel analizle gösteriliyor. Bu analiz, iki ülkenin
elektrik endüstrilerindeki yasal ve politika değişimleri ile regülasyon skorlarını
kapsayan bir değerlendirmeyle tamamlanmaktadır. Makale, hem Türkiye hem de
Yunanistan’daki elektrik endüstrilerinin radikal yeniden yapılanma içinde
٭ Asst. Prof. (PhD), Marmara University, Department of Economics, e-mail: [e-mail]
66 A COMPARISON OF ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY REGULATION
bulunduklarını ve bu sürecin hala devam ettiğini göstermektedir. Makalenin en
önemli sonucu söz konusu elektrik endüstrilerinin çok sayıda problem ile karşı
karşıya olduğudur. Dolayısıyla, bu iki elektrik endüstrisinin gerektiği şekilde
işleyişinin sağlanabilmesi için kurumsal ve politik reformlara devam edilmesi
gerekmektedir. Buna ilave olarak, Yunanistan ve Türk elektrik endüstrilerinin
regülasyon prensipleri üzerine ciddi bir tartışmanın yürütülmesi de elzemdir

Keywords

Elektrik endüstrisi, regülasyon, yeniden yapılanma, Yunanistan, Türkiye

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