Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1% on March 6

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 956,586 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,560 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,256 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 966,231 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a fall of 1% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22.9% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 22.8% and 11.3%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 12,824 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,180 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)