Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 10.3% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 793,913 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,359 megawatt-hours at 20.00 local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,037 megawatt-hours at 08.00 local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 794,110 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of 10.6% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 19.4% of total electricity consumption, hydroelectricity and lignite coal plants contributed 16.5% and 16.3%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 10,314 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 10,218 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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