The number of electricity consumers who are able to exercise their right to buy electricity from their preferred provider decreased by 21.36 percent in April compared to March 2018, according to the latest Energy Exchange Istanbul (EXIST) data on Monday.
These eligible consumers, who availed of more competitive tariffs, totaled 2.27 million in April.
Consumers who use more than 2,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year qualified as eligible consumers in 2017. In other words, customers with a monthly power bill over 68 Turkish liras ($17.38) were classified as eligible.
In April, Istanbul contained the largest number of eligible consumers totaling 590,459. Izmir and Antalya followed with 275,292 and 258,840, respectively.
EXIST divides consumers who qualify into categories from which residential consumers were the largest with over 1.83 million followed by the business sector with 419,844 eligible consumers.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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