Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 10.5% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 832,167 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,078 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,804 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 851,439 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 10.1% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.8% of total generation, while wind power and natural gas plants contributed 19.5% and 15.4%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 19,372 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 66 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr