Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5.8% on Jan. 14

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 5.8% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 883,531 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,777 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 30,617 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 865,323 megawatt-hours on Saturday marking a decrease of 6.1% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 27.8% of total generation, while imported coal plants and lignite plants contributed 27.6% and 14.6%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,423 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 26,506 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation