The two major oil crises of the 1970s revealed the importance of energy as a production factor. Energy is necessary
to realize economic development and is one of the basic inputs. With economic development, the demand for energy
increases, and economies have become dependent on energy. The energy dependence of the economies has pushed
the search for renewable alternative energy sources. In the energy components, electricity not only is renewable
energy, but is also a component of the highest quality energy. Over time, the share of electrical energy consumption
has increased. Electricity is followed by natural gas, oil, coal and other fuels. In the Turkish economy, with
economic development, the consumption of electricity has increased over time. From 1968 until 2008, while the
economy grew 6.22% on average, in the same period, electricity consumption increased by 8.65%.