Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 12.9% on Dec. 25

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 12.9% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 873,787 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,066 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,112 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 852,367 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 12.3% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported hydroelectricity plants constituted 22% of total generation, while coal plants and wind plants contributed 21% and 15.3%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,729 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 26,195 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)