Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 10.2% on Dec

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 10.2% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 787,932 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 36,879 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 28,112 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 766,712 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 10.6% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 30.3% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 20.1% and 17%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 9,895 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 31,115 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye