Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 10.4% on July 14

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 10.4% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 963,678 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,879 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 33,536 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 965,875 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 10.4% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.8% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 17.4% and 15%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,909 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 4,613 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)