These eligible consumers, who availed of more competitive tariffs, totaled 682,858 last month.
Consumers who use more than 2,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year qualified as eligible consumers in 2017. In other words, customers with a monthly power bill of more than 68 Turkish liras ($10.39) were classified as eligible.
Izmir had the largest number of eligible consumers in August totaling 74,823, Kocaeli and Istanbul followed with 40,066 and 49,571, respectively.
Of the 682,858 eligible consumers last month, residential consumers were the largest group with over 420,169 followed by the business sector with 246,594 eligible consumers.
(Anadolu Agency)