Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.54% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 951,636 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,978 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,562 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 968,962 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 5.23% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 27.1% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.2% and 12.3%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 17,571 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 250 megawatt-hours.
