Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 0.56% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 705,731 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 34,692 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), TEIAS data showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 25,315 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 720,775 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 0.4% compared to the previous day.
Electricity generation from dam-based hydropower plants accounted for around 26.3% of total production, while wind plants and lignite coal contributed 24% and 12.7%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 13,403 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 2,255 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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