Turkey preparing to join global leaders in energy storage

The Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) has announced a Draft Regulation on Electricity Storage Activities, based on the Electricity Market Law. Attorneys-at-law of CMS in Turkey explain the implications and the planned regulation’s contribution to advancing the country’s sustainable energy strategy. The Draft Regulation will set out the principles and procedures for establishing electricity storage facilities, connecting these facilities to transmission or distribution systems, and using these systems. It will also set out the principles and procedures for electricity storage and other activities that lie within the regulatory scope of mass electricity markets (“toptan elektrik piyasaları”) and grid transmission (“şebeke iletimi”).