Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 9.6% on May 7

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 9.6% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 744,012 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 35,706 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 25,731 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 737,638 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 9.5% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 17.6% of total generation, while wind plants and lignite plants contributed 16.4% and 13.6%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,472 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 10,832 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation