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These measures will provide saving in your electricity bill

Heavy electric bills, faced by home (residential) subscriber’s groups of consumers occupying the agenda to a great extent in recent days, have brought the question of “Whether it is possible to pay a lower bill” to the minds. The Academic Member, Dr. Ekrem Süzen, who is the Head of the Department of the Civil Air Transportation Management Program of the Gelişim Vocational School of the Istanbul Gelişim University, indicated the methods of having an invoice of lower value for the consumers whose daily consumption is over 7 kWh.

‘’USE HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES’’

The decision of the Energy Market Regulating Board, published in the Official Gazette of December 31, 2021, to bring the dally consumption of energy from 7 kWh down to 5 kWh was raised to 7 kWh again as of the month of February. However, the Academic Member, Dr. Ekrem Süzen, of the Istanbul Gelişim University made clear the methods of having lower bills for the consumers, who seek the use of electricity in the optimum manner without giving in from the comfort of life any further, as follows:

‘’It is useful not to start or operate the half-full (electrical) household appliances already not fully filed up, such as washing machine, dishwasher and so on and wait for them to be filled up completely. Unplugging the appliances such as television, radio, internet and so on will bring down the consumption when they are not in use. The matters that should be paid attention thereto in the preference of white goods: “Preferring the products providing less energy consumption such as A++. The white goods, produced 15 or more years ago, consume much more energy in comparison with the white goods of recent period. Therefore, the use of the white goods providing the energy saving is substantially important. The use of new generation lighting having lower energy consumption but higher intensity of illumination such as LED light emitting diodes and so on, will be beneficial.”

Mr. Süzen, who mentioned about the fact that the chargers that are not used in plugs or have no devices, connected therewith, may create a loss of energy if they are left plugged, indicated that it might be possible to create energy economy in positive direction when all measures so mentioned are put into application.

“THE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS (SUBSCRIBERS) SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO MAKE SAVING”

The Academic Member, Dr. Ekrem Süzen, who drew attention to the unit costs of the white goods that we use frequently within the day continued to indicate as follows:

‘’The electric unit costs refer to the same prices irrespective of subscribers’ groups. In case the price of a consumer group falls down, this deficit will be subsidized by the other consumer group. This circumstance will be eliminated by the graduated electric tariff (rate) and it will especially necessary to direct the residential subscribers for saving.”

Mr. Süzgün, who indicated that it was not necessary for the users of the graduated electric tariff to change their electricity meters, added that the indoor or in-house measures should be paid attention in order not to exceed the daily 7 kWh limits so determined.