Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.2% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 812,726 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 36,731 megawatt-hours at 9.00 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,806 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 796,033 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.5% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 23.8% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite power plants contributed 22.8% and 12.7%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,024 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 21,626 megawatt-hours.
