Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 4.75% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 910,325 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,303 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 31,829 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 924,338 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a 4.36% decrease from Friday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 43.3% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 16.3% while lignite plants comprised 13.1%.
On Saturday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 17,192 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 3,183 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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