Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1.7% on Oct. 2

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.7% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 892,892 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,080 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 29,319 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT)

Electricity production amounted to 900,029 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a fall of 1.4% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.1% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 19.6% and 14%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 10,029 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 2,903 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)