Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.38% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 847,589 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,772 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,172 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 833,393 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 5.58% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.7% of total generation, while imported coal plants and lignite plants contributed 24% and 12.8%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 9,171 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 23,366 megawatt-hours.
