Turkey, using the most expensive oi fuel in the world both because of the fluctuations in the foreign exchange and the high augments, was surprised by the new augments in 1 April 2012. It is stated that there will be high increases in the production costs and this situation will have a bad negative effects in the global competition becuse of the augments brought % 8,1 to the energy and % 18,77 to the natural gas. The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yıldız showed the reason of the high augments in energy and natural gas as the ‘ Arab Awakening’.
The minister Yıldız stated that the augments in energy, oil fuel and natural gas result from the necessity ans said that international actions have an effect on the rise in price. Yıldız saying; “ The augments are the increases we actually do not want to do.”, claimed that besides the actions in North Afrşca and Syria, the political instability caused by the tension between Israel-Persia has effected the augments in the natural gas and the energy sector paid for them. Yıldız continued his words; “ The increase in the petroluem prices effects also the prices in the natural gas and at the same time not because of the decrease in demand or increase in demand but because of the reasons resulted from political instability, these prices have risen. So, this augment had to be marked up.” Yıldız reminded that % 29 augment in the imported petrol and natural gas was marked up inthe last 19 months and said that both the increase in the foreign exchange and the increase in the prices of crude oil paved the way for these augments.
Energy Cost Is On The Increase
As can be remembered, Energy Market Regulatory Authority ( EPDK) gave a raise % 8.1 to the electric prices from 1 April including tax and funds on the basis of kWh. EPDK declared that they made a decision about the tariff suggestion of the TETAŞ because of the changes in the prices that form the electric trail selling price. With the new price regulation, % 9,26 in housing, % 8,71 in industry and % 4,33 in business organisations augments were marked up. Not long after the shock of the augment in electric following the increases in the prices of oil fuel was relieved, e high increase in natural gas prices was experienced as the date of 1 April. Both the owner of residences and industry and producers have been faced with a new difficulty in terms of cost because of the % 18.72 augments in natural gas. The last augment in natural gas was in October 2011 as % 14,3 in housing and % 13,7 in ındustry. At the same date,% 9,57 energy increase in housing and % 9,26 increase in ındustry were experienced.
In these times, an explanation that confirms the statements of Taner Yıldız saying that the actions in Arabic countries have an effect came from IMF. IMF made a statement; “ Arabic countries increased the expenses up to % 59 to calm down the public and this also had an effect on the petroluem prices.” It is emphasized that the social actions causing regime shift in 8 Arabic countries out of 11 caused serious increases in the petroluem prices.
We Produce Electric From Imported Natural Gas
Turkey puts aside the % 55 of natural gas it imports to the prodution of energy, % 23 to the industry and % 22 to the housing consecutively. Because there is a case of producing electric from natural gas, an augment brought to the natural gas effects directly the prices of electric.
