Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 4.4% on Sept. 16

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.4% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 903,328 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,847 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,879 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 892,320 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.5% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.2% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 22.3% and 12.9%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,356 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,367 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)