Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5.7% on June 16

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 5.7% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 825,464 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,395 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 28,956 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 823,363 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 5.7% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from hydroelectric plants constituted 21.5% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 18.8% and 13.3%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,390 megawatt-hours and its imports totaled 10,491 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation