Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 11.35% on Sunday, compared to the previous day, totaling 844,892 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,509 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 30,985 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 862,787 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 10.9% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25% of total generation, while natural gas plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 15.7% and 15.6%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 18,233 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 409 megawatt-hours.
