Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.7% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 994,373 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 47,114 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,431 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 992,630 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decline of 4.7% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.3% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 22.5% and 12.4%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 18,082 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,824 megawatt-hours.
