Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye declined by 3.7% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 941,189 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,767 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 31,893 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 956,751 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 3.4% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.2% of total generation, while imported coal and wind power plants contributed 24.8% and 12.8%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 15,862 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 200 megawatt-hours.
