Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 7.16% on Nov. 30

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 7.16% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 919 bin 591 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,523 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 32,155 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 938 bin 911 megawatt-hours on Saturday marking a fall of 6.6% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.5% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 21.6% and 13.3%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 19,330 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 10 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)