Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 8.7% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 963,307 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,011 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,047 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 967,504 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 8.8% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 20.8% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 16% and 15%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 12,844 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 8,585 megawatt-hours.
