Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.65% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 861,450 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,696 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,672 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 879,607 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 4.25% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.2% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 17.5% and 13.2%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 18,274 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 116 megawatt-hours.
