Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 7.9% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 946,293 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,971 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,173 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 962,067 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 7.53% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.9% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 24.5% and 12.1%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 16,066 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 382 megawatt-hours.
