Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 4.6% on Jan.

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 4.67% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 869,756 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,507 megawatt-hours at 12 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,134 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 849,179 megawatt-hours on Saturday marking a decrease of 4.03% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30% of total generation, while imported coal power plants and lignite plants contributed 26.7% and 15.2%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 9,795 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 30,373 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation