Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 10.8% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 753,776 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 35,305 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,927 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 753,776 megawatt-hours on Sunday marking a decrease of 8.33% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 30.3% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 19.9% and 16.8% respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,083 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 29,698 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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