According to the 2014 activity report of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA), 2,565 licenses were given in the electricity, petroleum and natural gas markets last year. The Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) granted 2,565 licenses to companies operating in electricity, petroleum and natural gas markets last year. According to the EMRA 2014 activity report data, electricity generation was the industry which was granted the highest number of licenses. A total of 356 pre-licenses and 278 autoproducer licenses were distributed in the field of electricity generation. The capacity licensed in the electricity market was 15,531 megawatts. Natural gas accounted for 8,226 megawatts and hydrolic accounted for 2,807 megawatts of the total amount. The share of native coal was 2,692 megawatts. 1,383 LICENCE WERE GIVEN A total of 1340 out of 1383 licenses granted last year were petroleum licences and the remaining 43 licenses were natural gas market licences. The licenses given in the petroleum market increased compared to the previous year, and the dealers were granted the highest number of licences with 271.According to the report, the total license number in natural gas market decreased, and the number of licenses in compressed natural gas (CNG) increased from 20 to 27. OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS ELECTRICITY LICENSES INCREASED BY 44 TIMES The report included the data about the licenses which have been given in the last 10 years and are still in effect in electricity market. The electricity license number has been increased by 44 times during the period between 2005 and 2014. The total license number given in the last 10 years and still in effect was 13,219. A total of 12,556 out of this number are dealership licenses.