Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 939,142 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,211 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,634 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 937,976 megawatt-hours on Saturday marking a fall of 4.4% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 17.2% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal plants contributed 17.1% and 15%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 11,178 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,359 megawatt-hours.
