Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 10.6% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 777,371 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,538 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,806 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 782,900 megawatt-hours on Sunday, decreasing around 10% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 25.7% of total generation, while natural gas plants and lignite contributed 15.9% and 13.7%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports totaled 10,199 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 4,694 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com