Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 3.8% on Nov. 11

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 3.8% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 824,930 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,184 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 29,125 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 830,148 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking an decrease of 1.90% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.5% of total generation, while wind and lignite plants contributed 23.3% and 15.7%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,691 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 473 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)