Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 10.9% on Sept. 8

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 10.9% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 885,602 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,495 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 30,682 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 882,855 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decline of 11% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22.9% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 16.5% and 14.7%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 17,557 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 20,304 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)