Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.7% on March 22

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.7% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 937,581 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,420 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 33,046 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 933,501 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 0.9% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 20.1% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 19.5% and 17.9%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 3,423 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 7,517 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation