Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.90% on May 26

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 0.90% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 858,109 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,341 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,684 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 846,649 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 1.07% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 19.5% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 18.9% and 16.3%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 2,874 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,334 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation