One of the last hikes in 2021, which passed with exorbitant price increases, was made for electricity in 2022 to be reflected on the bills. Including taxes and funds for residential, industrial and commercial subscribers, an average of 52 percent to 125 percent hike in electricity had come. With the beginning of the bills for January, the bill for the exorbitant hike in electricity came. It is also claimed that the hikes that should have been reflected after January 1, 2022 were reflected in the bills of December of last year, while citizens, who made it difficult to end the month due to economic problems, reacted against the bills. When the increased natural gas and other bills are added to the electricity bill, the picture that emerges, makes the citizens brood about 2022.
“DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY 2 MONTHS BILLS: 1,000 TL”
Citizens rebelled against the prices reflected in the first electricity bills of 2022. Comparing the December and January electricity bills of the workplace, the business owner F.T. reacted to the electricity hikes on social media.
“I have a small business. Nothing has changed in my shop last month and this month. So what is this difference? We are going bankrupt,” he said.
Y.O. On the other hand, he shared his 2-months electricity bills on social media and said, "This is a robbery, the difference between my 2-months bills is 1,000 Turkish Liras (TL)."
In the same way, A.A., who shared the 2-months electricity bills and said, “The bill dated 10.12.2021 was 285 TL. After this date 04.01.2022 bill is 706 TL.” He reacted to the difference between the bills with the note "Is there a 500 percent increase?"
122 PERCENT HIKE IN HOUSING ELECTRICITY FROM 2016 TO 2021
The hike adventure of electricity has quite striking details. The electricity distribution system, which was privatized with the promise of households to pay less bills, has become a nightmare for the citizens. Electricity distribution companies became controversial, with the interest charged on the delay in the bill, the high prices demanded for the electricity hour, and the on-off price becoming a robbery. On top of all this, with the price hikes throughout the year, the citizens have become almost exploited. In addition to the all extra expenses, the total increase in electricity from 2016 to 2021 was 19 percent for workplaces and 122 percent for residences.