Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1.05% on Aug. 23

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.05% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,137,460 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 55,467 megawatt-hours at 4 p.m. local time (1300 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 36,785 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,138,582 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 0.8% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.6% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 19.2% and 13.3%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 14,489 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 13,294 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation