Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5.9% on March 2

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye declined by 5.9% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 863,440 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,471 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,924 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 863,007 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 5.9% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.3% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and lignite plants contributed 23% and 13.4%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,746 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 6,187 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)