Newsletter-21

303 ENERGY LAW which RERAs will be opened primarily for investment by considering the mentioned principals, as well as the needs of the country. In consequence of a preliminary examination conducted by the Ministry, if appropriate, the related area will be announced as a RERA within 3 months. Licensed and/or unlicensed electricity generation applications cannot be initiated on a potential RERA. Afterwards, opinions of related institutions will be obtained, and the areas not to be utilized will be determined. Additionally, the General Directorate reserves connection capacity pertaining to the resource area from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Company. The relevant area, follow- ing the completion of all technical analyses and measurements, will be announced in the Official Gazette as the final RERA no later than 1 year. As a result of measurements and other technical studies conduct- ed, if required by the General Directorate for the RERA be ready as an investment, necessary substructure studies, such as feasibility studies, environmental impact assessment regarding the resource area, geolog- ical and geotechnical surveys, expropriations, preparation of existing maps, zoning studies, plotting, transportation, electricity transmission substructure studies, may be managed by the General Directorate. Announcement on Assignment of Right of Usage Applications for RERAs As per Article No. 6 of the Draft, the announcement on assign- ment of connection capacity to investors on determined RERAs will be published in the Official Gazette by the Ministry. The Article also determines the required information to be published in the announce- ment. Assignment of Right of Usage Applications of RERAs Article No. 7 of the Draft regulates that the legal entities, who undertake to produce domestic equipment determined by the Ministry, and to use domestically produced goods, are authorized to make ap- plication to conduct generation activities on RERAs.