Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 4.9% on Oct. 18

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 4.9% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 865,308 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,887 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 30,672 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 868,570 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 4.7% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 29.3% of total generation, while imported coal and solar plants contributed 25.5% and 12.7%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports totaled 8,431 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 5,411 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)