Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 11.3% on Sept. 4

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 11.3% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 857,980 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,357 megawatt-hours at 09.00 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,489 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 847,983 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 11.6% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23% of total generation, while natural gas power plants and wind power plants contributed 17.8% and 14.6%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 12,908 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 22,757 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)