Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 10.7% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 823,451 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,562 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,394 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 840,572 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 10.3% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.3% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 25.5% and 12.7%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 17,145 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 25 megawatt-hours.
