Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 4.5% on May 6

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 4.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 823,594 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,272 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 28,190 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 815,177 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.5% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from wind plants constituted 22% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal plants contributed 17.7% and 14.2%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 3,984 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,384 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation