Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 9.28% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 788,967 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 36,989 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,139 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 767,662 megawatt-hours on Sunday marking a decrease of 9.6% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal power plants constituted 29.1% of total generation, while natural gas plants and lignite plants contributed 23.3% and 15.6%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 9,376 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 30,570 megawatt-hours.
