Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 14.7% on Oct. 14

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 14.7% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 862,210 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,980 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,397 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)

Electricity production amounted to 876,052 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 15.4% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.6% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 20.6% and 13.7%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 15,712 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,926 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)