Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 22.3% on April 15

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 22.3% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 792,216 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,929 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 25,269 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 788,916 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 22.7% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 24.7% of total generation, while natural gas and imported coal plants contributed 14.3% and 13.1%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 3,962 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 7,345 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation