Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 10.3% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 796,604 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,831 megawatt-hours at 20.00 local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,402 megawatt-hours at 08.00 local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 797,850 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking an drop of 10.6% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 18.8% of total electricity consumption, lignite plants contributed 17.5% and natural gas plants comprised 17.1%.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 16,193 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,947 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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