Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 13.5% on May 28

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 13.5% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 720,827 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 32,893 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 25,643 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 709,848 megawatt-hours on Sunday marking a decrease of 13.5% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 19.4% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind plants 18.6% and 15.4%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 2,275 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 13,255 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation