Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 14.3% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 864,842 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,110 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,864 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 859,484 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 14.4% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 20% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 17.3% and 14.5%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,844 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,282 megawatt-hours.
