Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1.26% on Nov. 18

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.26% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 845,982 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,112 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 29,291 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 845,735 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 0.8% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.1% of total generation, while wind and hydropower plants contributed 20.4% and 13.4%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,604 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 11,753 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)