Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 10% on Jan. 29

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 10% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 784,486 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 36,258 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 28,369 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 758,450 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 10.5% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 27% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 24.9% and 17.1%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,672 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 32,650 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation