The Association of Turkish Electricity Industry (shortly called TESAB) was founded in accordance with its Law and the Ministerial Decree No: 2005/9060 dated 20.06.2005; and it is ruled by Law on Associations, being allowed to participate, actively in international activities related to the development and competitiveness of the electricity; as well as to be the member of EURELECTRIC.
Main Areas Of The Activities
In realizing its objectives, the Association adopts the following tasks:
- To encourage the new membership of national governmental and private electricity companies; to set up working groups to work on specific issues in the field of electrical energy; and to disseminate widely the findings and results of these studies;
- To undertake researches and studies on the potential, generation, transmission, use, wholesale, retail sale, retail sales services, consumption, import and export of electrical energy; correlation between economic growth and energy, social and environmental aspects of supply security and energy use;
- To expand the studies and researches, on technical, economic, legal and restructuring issues related to the energy policy and strategies and to collect statistical information;
- To prepare and disseminate widely the reports, books, bulletins, brochures, periodicals and electronic- bulletins to inform the public as well as its members, of the findings and results of these studies;
- To organize conferences, symposiums, seminars, round tables, panels, expositions and other similar activities on the above mentioned subjects, at national, regional and international levels; if necessitates, to coordinate the attendance in this kind of national and international activities; to prepare and publish the statements and results of these activities;
- To collect all electrical energy related information by establishing a high level cooperation with national and international organizations, universities, private sector companies, unions and associations, which are active in the electrical energy field; and in this context, if appropriate, to become a founder member or a member to the national and international organizations working in the electrical energy field;
- To submit offers to national and international organizations to undertake relevant projects by employing researchers and experts for these specific projects;
- To investigate new technologies in the field of electrical energy developed by national and international research organizations; to overview the impacts of recent worldwide changes in the social and economic policies on long-term objectives of electricity sector and on the development of the country; and in this context, to submit its opinions and recommendations to the policy-makers and similar authorities on relevant national policy and strategies; and to collaborate with governmental and private companies; in this respect.
TESAB has a permanent office in Ankara, led by the Secretary General, for the fulfillment of the above mentioned activities.
Objectives
The objectives of the Association are:
- To examine the questions, related directly or indirectly, to the generation, transmission, distribution, wholesale, retail sale services, export, import and consumption of electricity, and more specifically on the relevant social, political, technical, legal and institutional issues; and to give guidance to its members in addressing to their actual problems in those mentioned areas;
- To collect and harmonize data and information on the generation, transmission, distribution and supply industry to contribute to long-term relevant studies; and to disseminate this information widely; to facilitate and promote the communication and consultation among the members of the Association, authorities and international organizations.
- To organize meetings, seminars and similar activities;
- Within the restructuring approach in integration with the European Union, to review the situation and issues of the all the public and private companies in the Turkish electricity sector and to assist them in this process;
- To represent TESAB members, (including governmental and private companies, associations and unions) at European level , to be in liaison with the European Union, in its capacity as the member of EURELECTRIC, and to coordinate the exchange of views between its members and EURELECTRIC to develop solutions in common;
- To keep its members to be informed of the activities of the European Union, more particularly in the field of electrical energy;
- To develop cooperation with the relevant organizations both at national and international levels for the benefit of activities of its members; as well as to expand its membership to those organizations.
Participation In The Activities Of The Association
Prime Ministry and its affiliated organizations, Ministries, General Directorates and independent authorities with the responsibility of above mentioned activity fields may participate in the activities of the Association.
