Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye declined by 4.56% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 825,675 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,128 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 29,318 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 811,689 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal constituted 26.7% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 22.1% and 14.4%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,031 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,017 megawatt-hours.
