Electricity production in the occupied territories is 290 MW and consumption is 350 MW, said the "director" of the "electricity authority", Gurdjian Erdogan, who referred to the increases in electricity at foreign exchange rates.
In remarks in an internet broadcast in response to criticism of high electricity costs and outages, Mr. Erdogan said that during the last price differentiation the cost of fuel was $500 a ton and the dollar was then 13.5 TL. Now, he added, the price of fuel has reached $785 a ton and the dollar has exceeded 14 TL. If this exchange rate falls, he continued, there is no further need for price regulation.
The total generating capacity of the "authority", he said, reaches 340 MW per day, but because there are breakdowns in some generators, at the moment the production is at 290 MW while the demand reaches 350 MW. There is a gap of 70 MW, he noted, and that is why there are interruptions.
Erdogan also said that the gap between production and demand is being tried to be filled by the Republic of Cyprus, but the electricity coming in is not constant, "sometimes 50, sometimes 60 MW."
He also expressed that the interruptions in supply will not continue for long.
Source: CNA
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