Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.2% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 978,613 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,642 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,057 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 974,105 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.3% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.3% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 19.8% and 13.3%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 15,431 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,706 megawatt-hours.
