Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 12% on March 10

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 12% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 802,575 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,784 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 28,938 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 796,703 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 12.09% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.9% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported natural gas contributed 17.5% and 15.6%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 3,514 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 9,489 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation