Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 15.4% on Aug. 19

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 15.4% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,110,722 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 55,665 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 34,436 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,108,976 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 15.5% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 21.4% and 15.8%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 14,383 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,983 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)