ANKARA
Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 9.81% to 747,026 megawatt-hours on Sunday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 19.00 local time with 36,628 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest point of 26,976 megawatt-hours at 05.00.
Total electricity production reached 743,242 megawatt-hours on Sunday, with a 10.31% decrease compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from imported coal plants with 195,185 megawatt-hours.
Natural gas and hydroelectricity followed with 184,884 megawatt-hours and 120,465 megawatt-hours, respectively.
On Sunday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 5,104 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 8,888 megawatt-hours.
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