Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 4.85% on Oct. 19

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.85% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 841,189 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAŞ) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,207 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 29,641 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)

Electricity production amounted to 897,641 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 4.69% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.6% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 14.3% and 13.6%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 16,081 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,866 megawatt-hours.

• Electricity production
• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)