Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 5.1% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 991,186 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,864 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,069 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,006,452 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 4.8% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.8% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 16.4% and 16.3%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 15,544 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 431 megawatt-hours.
