The Turkish Statistical Institute announced the electricity and gas price statistics for the January-June period. According to the statistics, the amount paid for 1 kilowatt of electricity in residences increased by 11.7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and became 79.5 kurus on average. Gas, on the other hand, increased by 5.3 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, to an average of 192.3 kurus.

Accordingly, an average of 79.5 kurus was paid for 1 kilowatt-hour electricity used in residences in the said period. In the first half of the year, consumers paid 80.2 kurus for 1 kilowatt-hour electricity in residences, which is the smallest consumption range, and 78.7 kurus for the largest consumption range, which is 15 thousand kilowatt-hours and above.

In this period, an average of 65 kurus was paid for 1 kilowatt-hour electricity in the industry. Looking at the electricity prices in the industry for the same period, consumers in the smallest consumption range (below 20 megawatt-hours) paid an average of 85.4 kurus for 1 kilowatt-hour electricity, and 58.3 kurus on average for the largest consumption range (over 150 thousand megawatt-hours).

GAS PRICES

In the said period, an average of 192.3 kurus was paid for 1 cubic meter of natural gas in residences. In residences, an average of 197.8 kurus were paid for 1 cubic meter of natural gas under 522 cubic meters, an average of 191.7 kurus between 522 cubic meters and 5 thousand 220 cubic meters, and an average of 189.8 kurus for 5 thousand 220 cubic meters and above.

In this period, an average of 182.1 kurus was given to the consumption of 1 cubic meter of natural gas in the industry. Looking at the natural gas prices in the industry in the same period, consumers paid an average of 200.6 kurus for 1 cubic meter of natural gas in the smallest consumption range (below 26 thousand 100 cubic meters), and an average of 183.6 kurus in the highest consumption range (over 104 million 400 thousand cubic meters).

THE NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS WHO CANNOT PAY THEIR BILLS ON TIME INCREASED 5 TIMES

According to the official response to CHP's Ahmet Akın, who asked about the number of bills that could not be collected within the scope of the Access to Information Law, the number of subscribers who could not pay their bills on time since January 2021 has increased by 5 times. Akın said, "While 1 million subscribers could not pay their bills at the beginning of the year, this number reached 5.5 million after four months. In other words, one out of every 5 residential subscribers cannot pay their bills on time. This is an indication of how the government impoverishes citizens." (EVRENSEL DAILY)