Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 3.7% on March 4

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 3.7% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 836,304 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,693 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,938 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 824,435 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.8% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas constituted 27.1% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.6% and 13.7%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,513 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 20,383 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)