Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 1.3% on March 14

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.3% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 887,463 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,616 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,814 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 872,535 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 1% compared to Monday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.3% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 21% and 11.9%, respectively.

On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,405 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,333 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation