Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 6.8% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 841,773 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,549 megawatt-hours at 12 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,018 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 824,750 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 7.3% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.2% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind plants contributed 24.6% and 13.3%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 9,430 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 26,452 megawatt-hours.
