Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 11.4% on April 20

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 11.4% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 773,406 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,422 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 27,828 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 771,771 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 11.1% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 17.5% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and solar plants contributed 16.1% and 15.4%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,447 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 8,206 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)