Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 8.3% on May 21

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 8.3% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 725,580 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 34,755 megawatt-hours at 21 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 24,938 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 711,794 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 8.4% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 18.7% of total generation, while imported coal and run off hydroelectricity plants contributed 16.3% and 14.3%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 1,839 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,625 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation