Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 5.2% on Saturday, compared to the previous day, totaling 864,725 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,570 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,407 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 861,780 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.4% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 18.5 of total generation, while imported coal and natural gas plants contributed 18.3% and 15.9%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,217 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 9,163 megawatt-hours.
