Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 10.1% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 878,748 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,813 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,900 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 883,353 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of about 10% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 20.6% of total generation, while natural gas plants and wind energy plants contributed 17.6% and 16.7%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports totaled 8,413, megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 3,808 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
