Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5,9% on Sept. 29

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.9% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 864,494 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,185 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 30,675 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 851,941 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 6% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal constituted 28,1% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 24,2% and 12,4%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,390 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,943 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)