Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5% on Oct. 25

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 5.07% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 869,630 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,202 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (2100 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,396 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 870,596 megawatt-hours on Saturday, decreasing around 4.93% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 26.9% of total generation, while natural gas plants and lignite contributed 22.5% and 12.4%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports totaled 7,344 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 6,384 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)