Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.8% on March 31

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.8% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 874,874 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,682 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 30,786 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 859,034 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 0,64% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal constituted 20.5% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity power plants contributed 19% and 12.1%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 3,461 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,162 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation