Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.2% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 889,011 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,239 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 31,602 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 879,520 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.8% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 22.2% of total generation, while imported coal and natural gas plants contributed 19.9% and 18.4%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 2,471 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 11,963 megawatt-hours.
