After the new electricity tariff passed in 2022, the invoices for the period covering January have exceeded the rents of the shops. Shopkeepers began to hang the invoice price on the glass to react to the situation.
As we enter the first minute of 2022, in Turkey new electricity tariff entered into force. With this tariff, while the standard electricity tariff was increased by 50%, more than 120% increase was reflected on the citizens using 150 kW or more. While a limit of 150 kW remains very low in today’s world, President Erdoğan recently announced that this limit can be exceeded after the reaction of the citizens. It will be increased to 210 kW. had explained.
However, the increase was not made only for the residence tariff used by the citizens. The huge hike was also made to the tariffs of businesses and industries, which would deeply affect the tradesmen. The electricity bills after the hikes left their mouths open. Many tradesmen in Turkey to react to the incoming electricity bills. to hang bills on their windows started.
Bills doubled in a month
This movement, which spread rapidly on social media and continued for the last few days, showed the high electricity bills. So much so that the electricity bills of some tradesmen are higher than just a month ago. More than 2x increase had shown. The electricity bills shared on social media and received by the shopkeepers were as follows:
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