Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 6.6% on Sept. 21

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 6.6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 866,198 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,514 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 30,299 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT)

Electricity production amounted to 865,247 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 6.3% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26% of total generation, while wind and hydropower plants contributed 16.9% and 14%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,544 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,385 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)