Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 12.5% on Sept. 15

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 12.5% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 856,065 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,166 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 29,851 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 856,967 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of 12% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.8% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 19.2% and 15.1%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 16,681 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,778 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye
• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)