Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 12.2% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 729,371 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 34,543 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 25,687 megawatt-hours at 9 a.m. local time (0600 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 826,077 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 12.3% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 21.1% of total generation, while run-of-the-mill plants and imported coal plants contributed 16.4% and 15.8%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,324 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 10,342 megawatt-hours.
