Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) has cut the annual residential electricity consumption limit for state support to 3,000 kWh for 2027. The change takes effect on 1 January 2027. Households that exceed the limit will lose state support and be moved to a higher-consumption tariff.
The 3,000 kWh annual ceiling works out to 250 kWh a month on average. EPDK puts the corresponding average monthly bill at about 820 lira. The decision was taken at an EPDK Board meeting.
Limit tightens year on year
The residential limit was 5,000 kWh a year for 2025 and 4,000 kWh for 2026. The 2027 figure is the lowest of the three. The limits for public and private services, industry and lighting subscriber groups stay at 15,000 kWh a year.
EPDK expects about 14.7 percent of the roughly 44.2 million residential subscribers to fall into the high-consumption group. The national tariff itself is unchanged.
Exemptions and transition
Agricultural subscribers are unaffected. Mosques, places of worship, cemevis and associations in the residential group are excluded, as are martyrs’ families, disabled veterans, village drinking water, AFAD temporary shelters and users who depend on life-support equipment such as dialysis and ventilators.
Consumers who exceed the limit and have no bilateral contract will pay the high-consumption last-resort tariff. The charge starts on the first day of the third month after the limit is reached. Depending on meter reading timing, the switch could fall on 1 March, 1 September or 1 October 2027.
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