Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 887,909 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,365 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 32,603 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 897,955 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.1% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 21% and 12.4%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,056 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,016 megawatt-hours.
