Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 4.14% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 998,672 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,178 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 34,469 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,005,781 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a 4.26% fall from Friday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 38% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 17.2% while lignite plants comprised 12%.
On Saturday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 14,130 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 7,044 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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