Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 10% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 805,839 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,246 megawatt-hours at 08.00 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,745 megawatt-hours at 08.00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 787,930 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking an decrease of 10.7% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.7% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 19.6% and 14.9%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 10,724 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 28,633 megawatt-hours.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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