Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 3.9% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 821,842 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,338 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 27,649 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 806,786 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decline of 4.2% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.4% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and lignite plants contributed 20.2% and 14.2%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 2,715 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,771 megawatt-hours.
