Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 11.3% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 692,634 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 34,267 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 24,323 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 671,761 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 11.9% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal constituted 30.5% of total generation, while lignite plants and natural gas contributed 19.7% and 13.2%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,964 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 29,837 megawatt-hours.
