Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.7% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 851,311 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,182 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,722 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 842,393 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 6% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 20.4% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 16.3% and 15.4%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,135 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,053 megawatt-hours.
