Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 12.5% on Oct. 27

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 12.5% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 754,008 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 36,785 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,557 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 771,750 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of 12.3% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.3% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 17.6% and 14.2%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 18,037 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 295 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)