Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1.27% on Oct. 20

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 1.27% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 854,713 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,846 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,308 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 842,253 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 1.34% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal constituted 26% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 20,7% and 13,2%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,957 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,417 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)