Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 10% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 972,876 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,838 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 34,210 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 990,462 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a drop of about 9% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for 21.7% of total generation, while imported coal and solar plants contributed 20.7 % and 13.4%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports totaled 21,752 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 4,167 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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