Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.06% on Oct. 9

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.06% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 897,155 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,541 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,098 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)

Electricity production amounted to 908,548 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a fall of 0.2% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.8% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 23.8% and 13.1%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 14,914 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,528 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)