Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 9.1% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 835,537 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,239 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 30,065 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 855,283 megawatt-hours on Sunday marking a fall of 8.9% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.4% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 19.4% and 14%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 19,745 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 2 megawatt-hours.
