Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 12.7% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 836,391 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,176 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,775 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 823,207 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 12.9% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported wind plants constituted 23% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 20.7% and 15.3%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,525 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,709 megawatt-hours.
