Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5.5% on Sept. 9

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 958,380 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,822 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,416 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 945,498 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking an decrease of 5.6% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.3% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 17% and 16.9%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,311 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,193 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation