Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 9.6% on Sunday, August 20

by Anadolu Agency

The daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 9.6% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 957,145 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,494 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 33,890 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production reached 943,494 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 9.7% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind plants contributed 20.9% and 15.6%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,733 megawatt-hours, and its imports totaled 18,384 megawatt-hours.

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