Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 11.2% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 968,785 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,405 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 33,711 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 971,895 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 10.9% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for 25.1% of total generation, while imported coal and solar plants contributed 24.5% and 12.6%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 7,306 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 4,196 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
