Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1.4% on June 22

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.4% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 940,146 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,660 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 31,204 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 931,479 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 1.8% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.9% of total generation, while wind and hydroelectricity plants contributed 17.3% and 16.4%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,541 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,150 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)