Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 10.8% on Sunday, compared to the previous day, totaling 844,746 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,115 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 30,511 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 862,245 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 10.4% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 27% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 19.2% and 13.5%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 17,622 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 148 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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