Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 6.2% on Dec. 21

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 6.2% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 956,493 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,988 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,660 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 968,650 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 6.3% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.3% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 23.2% and 16.1%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 15,198 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,041 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)