Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 12.7% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 819,961 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,030 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 29,524 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 818,578 megawatt-hours on Sunday marking a fall of 12.7% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 17% of total generation, while imported coal and natural gas plants contributed 14.4% and 14%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 11,485 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,867 megawatt-hours.
