Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 10.8% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 842,237 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,878 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 31,059 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 859,198 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 10.5% compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.9% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 23.8% and 12.3%, respectively.
On Sunday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 17,296 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 335 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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