Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 8% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 870,541 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,432 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 29,959 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 868,050 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 8.1% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.7% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 22.2% and 11.9%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 16,332 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,832 megawatt-hours.
