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Enerjisa Distribution Companies completes measures for elections in 14 cities they serve

• The preparations for elections were completed in electricity distribution infrastructure in 14 cities, particularly in Ankara, Adana, and Istanbul Anatolian Side.
• Generators were placed at critical locations throughout the elections while scheduled outages on the election day were canceled.
• Electricity distribution field workers, whose posts were determined, were put on full alert with the necessary tools and equipment.

Serving 22 million users in 14 cities in 3 electricity distribution regions in Türkiye, Enerjisa Distribution Companies continue to put efforts to provide continuous and high-quality electricity with the measures taken for Local Elections to be conducted on Sunday, March 31, 2024.

Enerjisa Distribution Companies completed their maintenance works, initiated weeks before the elections for the critical locations in Ankara, Bartın, Çankırı, Karabük, Kastamonu, Kırıkkale and Zonguldak with Başkent EDAŞ, in Istanbul Anatolian Side with Ayedaş, in Adana, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Osmaniye and Mersin with Toroslar EDAŞ.

Determining the points at which energy supply security was critical during the elections process in coordination with the Supreme Electoral Council, the company completed the checks and maintenances in the electricity distribution grid elements such as Measurement Cabins with Breakers, substations, panels, and lighting facilities.

Taking special measures at 502 critical points, particularly at province and district election boards, vote collection centers, party general centers, Enerjisa Distribution Companies will continue its activities in coordination with the Supreme Electoral Council, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, governorships, district governorships and law enforcement officers in order to enable a smooth election process, from the early morning hours on the election day to the moment when vote counting will be completed.

• Scheduled outages canceled, 5559 personnel on full alert

Enerjisa Distribution Companies also canceled the scheduled outages, which are required to provide a better electricity service under normal circumstances, during the local elections to be carried out country-wide on March 31, 2024.

All executive levels of Enerjisa Distribution Companies will be on the watch during the election day while the posts of 5559 personnel, 1956 teams and 1811 vehicles were determined for them to be on full alert on the field and against all scenarios on the election day in order to provide a reliable and transparent process for the elections.

• Generators and Mobile SCADA Center kept ready

More than 500 generators with various capacities will be kept ready for operation in the responsibility areas in Başkent EDAŞ, Ayedaş and Toroslar EDAŞ regions to provide continuous electricity during the elections.

Against the risk of experiencing problems for any reason in the SCADA centers, where remote control and checks of electricity distribution grids are provided, Mobile SCADA control centers, which were developed and put into service for the first time in the world by Enerjisa Distribution Companies, will be kept ready with their operators.

• “Election” measures in the earthquake zone

Measures have been taken at the responsibility area of Toroslar EDAŞ, which covers electricity distribution in 5 of the 11 cities affected by the devastating earthquakes occurred on February 6, 2023, particularly in Nurdağı and Islahiye districts in Hatay and Gaziantep which were severely affected due to the earthquake.

Having achieved an investment of 1.9 billion TL to reach the values just before the earthquakes hit the electricity distribution grid since the day of the disaster, Enerjisa Distribution Companies completed the necessary checks for the continuity of energy supply with containers that will provide services in the region during the election process.

• Real-time checks at critical points

Video Confirmation System, put into service as a first in the sector by Enerjisa Distribution Companies for Occupational Health and Safety in Türkiye, will also be used to provide security at the critical points during the election process.

Video transmission devices will be watching the security of the critical points in this system, which enables confirmation of the center by transmitting live images of the work stages of the workers in the field during the electricity distribution activities classified as very hazardous.

Failures that may arise will be immediately repaired by field workers on full alert, which may be tracked with live connections transferred to the center.

In addition, all information, and requests, particularly the outage notifications coming from the citizens will be followed up through Call Centers at 186 during the election process, and all necessary actions will be taken to provide information in real-time through Enerjisa Distribution Companies websites and social media accounts.