Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.35% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 891,583 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,965 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 31,027 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 910,895 megawatt-hours on Saturday marking a decrease of 3.65% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.4% of total generation, while natural gas plants and wind power plants contributed 19.1% and 16.5%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 19,528 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 219 megawatt-hours.
