VOL. XLIV

No. 11

12-March-2001

TURKEY

Turkish Government Announces Breakup Of TEAS

Turkeys Official Gazette announced on 2 March that the state electricity authority Turkiye Elektrik Uretim Iletim AS (TEAS) will be divided into three corporations covering generation, transmission and trading within 60 days, in line with the recently passed energy liberalization law (MEES, 26 February). The generation and trading companies are to eventually be fully privatized, but the transmission company will...