It might not be worthy of an international incident, but the Turkish government is currently locked in a struggle with a local utility powerhouse over, of all things, an electric bill.

“Turkey contacted Pepco well over a year ago, and [Pepco’s] response was, as it still is, ‘Our meters are infallible, our readers are infallible, and you have the responsibility to prove us wrong,’ ” said David Saltzman, the embassy’s local attorney.