Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1.2% on July 4

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye declined by 1.2% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,083,780 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 52,306 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 35,657 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,080,348 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a drop of 1% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.3% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 20.9% and 19.1%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,554 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 9,936 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)