Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 7.4% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,058,626 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,537 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 35,564 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,055,386 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking an decrease of 7.4% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 20.5% of total generation, while natural gas plants and wind plants contributed 18.3% and 17.3%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 14,289 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,537 megawatt-hours.
