Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5.1% on Oct. 7

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.1% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 821,331 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,110 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 29,211 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 804,093 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 5.7% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal constituted 26.2% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 16% and 14.3%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 3,824 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 21,062 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation